Table A1.
Glossary of Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Social media | The use of technology combined with social interaction that creates greater value than the data alone |
| Social networking “microblogging” tool in which users denoted by “@name” unique identifiers can send and receive updates called “tweets” of 140 characters or fewer | |
| Tweet | A user-generated update of 140 characters or less |
| Hashtag | A community-driven convention for adding context and metadata to tweets (eg, #cancer) |
| RT | Retweet: rebroadcasting the tweet of another user |
| Following | Subscribing to the Twitter updates of another user |
| Blog | A Web site that contains a personal journal, commentary or reflection, which often includes hyperlinks provided by the author |
| Wiki | A Web site developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit content |
| Web 2.0 | Web applications that go beyond displaying individual pages of static content and allow a community of users to interact with the site and each other by adding or updating the content |