Buttons and Badges and Blogs, Oh My!

 

 

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Social, or `new’ media describes a variety of ways to communicate using the Internet, and other new technologies, and has been embraced by the CDC and the HHS over the past year.

 

The video I highlighted in my previous blog is but one example of how the CDC is trying to reach the public with information about the H1N1 pandemic.

 

From humble beginnings around the first of the year, the CDC and HHS have accumulated hundreds of thousands of followers on Twitter, have set up social media pages on Facebook and Myspace, and continue to produce videos and podcasts which are becoming available on an increasing number of websites.

 

The arrival of the H1N1 virus has no doubt helped kick start these initiatives, with some of these agency twitter feeds seeing a 20 fold increase in followers over the past 4 months.

 

 

 

You’ll notice that I make liberal use of the badges and widgets offered by the CDC in my sidebar.   You can add these to your website, or social media page, as well.

 

image Si está enfermo no vaya al trabajo o a la escuela, quédese en su casa Cover your nose with a tissue when sneezing or coughing. Visit www.cdc.gov/h1n1 for more information. Stay home if possible when you are sick. Visit www.cdc.gov/h1n1 for more information. Wash your hands with soap and clean running water. Visit www.cdc.gov/h1n1 for more information.

The idea is that by `viral marketing’ the preparedness message can be amplified and multiplied across the Internet Spectrum.

 

The CDC’s social media page is large, and growing.   Take some time to explore the resources there. 

 

This is your tax dollars at work.

 

 

Novel H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)

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