Organizing Online Health Content: Developing Hashtag Collections for Healthier Internet-Based People and Communities. Katz, M. S., Anderson, P. F., Thompson, M. A., Salmi, L., Freeman-Daily, J., Utengen, A., Dizon, D. S., Blotner, C., Cooke, D. T., Sparacio, D., Staley, A. C., Fisch, M. J., Young, C., & Attai, D. J. JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics, December, 2019. ![Organizing Online Health Content: Developing Hashtag Collections for Healthier Internet-Based People and Communities [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper Paper doi abstract bibtex Twitter use has increased among patients with cancer, advocates, and oncology professionals. Hashtags, a form of metadata, can be used to share content, organize health information, and create virtual communities of interest. Cancer-specific hashtags modeled on a breast cancer community, #bcsm, led to the development of a structured set of hashtags called the cancer tag ontology. In this article, we review how these hashtags have worked with the aim of describing our experience from 2011 to 2017. We discuss useful guidelines for the development and maintenance of health-oriented communities on Twitter, including possible challenges to community sustainability and opportunities for future improvement and research.
@article{katz_organizing_2019,
title = {Organizing {Online} {Health} {Content}: {Developing} {Hashtag} {Collections} for {Healthier} {Internet}-{Based} {People} and {Communities}},
copyright = {All rights reserved},
issn = {2473-4276},
shorttitle = {Organizing {Online} {Health} {Content}},
url = {https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/CCI.18.00124},
doi = {10.1200/CCI.18.00124},
abstract = {Twitter use has increased among patients with cancer, advocates, and oncology professionals. Hashtags, a form of metadata, can be used to share content, organize health information, and create virtual communities of interest. Cancer-specific hashtags modeled on a breast cancer community, \#bcsm, led to the development of a structured set of hashtags called the cancer tag ontology. In this article, we review how these hashtags have worked with the aim of describing our experience from 2011 to 2017. We discuss useful guidelines for the development and maintenance of health-oriented communities on Twitter, including possible challenges to community sustainability and opportunities for future improvement and research.},
language = {en},
number = {3},
urldate = {2026-08-04},
journal = {JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics},
author = {Katz, Matthew S. and Anderson, Patricia F. and Thompson, Michael A. and Salmi, Liz and Freeman-Daily, Janet and Utengen, Audun and Dizon, Don S. and Blotner, Charlie and Cooke, David T. and Sparacio, Dee and Staley, Alicia C. and Fisch, Michael J. and Young, Colleen and Attai, Deanna J.},
month = dec,
year = {2019},
pages = {1--10},
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}
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