Study: Facebook pages focused on chronic illnesses significantly for marketing purposes

According to a January 2014 study by the Journal of Medicine Internet Research:

• 32.2% of such pages are for marketing and promotion.
• 20.7% of Facebook pages dedicated to disease seek to raise awareness.
• 15.5% offer Wikipedia-type information.
• 9.4% of Facebook pages about chronic diseases are used for actual support.

Note: The study was carried out by researchers from Harvard Medical School, Stanford University.


Source: Journal of Medicine Internet Research