Table 2.
A descriptive overview of social media platforms.
| Type and platforms | Studies, n | Data collection, n | Intervention pathway, n | Ancillary resource, n | |
| Microblog (n=14) | |||||
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14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | |
| Social network (n=15) | |||||
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
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14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | |
| Weblog (n=4) | |||||
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Blogs | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Photo or video sharing (n=11) | |||||
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7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
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YouTube | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Web-based forum (n=11) | |||||
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
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Yahoo! Answers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Self-developed application | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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Unknown community | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Messaging (n=1) | |||||
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |