Negative Perceptions Of Epilepsy Via Twitter

[PhylisFeinerJohnson]

A revealing study published in Epilepsy & Behavior provides evidence that the perception of epilepsy is not faring well in social media. Kate McNeil and colleagues from Dalhousie University in Canada analyzed data collected from Twitter to provide a snapshot of how epilepsy is portrayed within the twitter community.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/242341.php

 

[Bernard]

Echos of the environment (ie. Hollywood) in which people "learn" about it.

 

[qtowngirl]

Wow, bloody twitter. The immaturity of people these days is astounding.
I do like the response about the car battery though, blunt and to the point. Thumbs up to whoever put that on there - wish the attitude in general was more like that.

 

[petero]

A revealing study published in Epilepsy & Behavior provides evidence that the perception of epilepsy is not faring well in social media. ..,
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/242341.php

wow can you change your ID icon?
it'll trigger a seizure itself

to overcome the negative stereotypes and misunderstandings regarding seizures it's time to heed the article's quotation about car batteries and start carrying a tazer around
walk around and randomly zapping people's necks
A Batman/Joker lovechild of epilepsy awareness
because s

 

[qtowngirl]

walk around and randomly zapping people's neck

lol petero good one.