英文摘要 |
The World Wide Web has become as important source for people looking for the health information. Many studies suggested that more public depends on Internet to obtain knowledge of science, medical and technology. Therefore, this study aims to realize the role of Internet communication in conveying the health information. A total of 195 Taiwanese health information web sites were content analyzed. The results show that the majority of web sites in the sample belong to medical organizations. Only a small number of web sites are governed by the individuals. The majority of websites deal with themes of 'health prevention', followed by the 'specific disease'. The sources of information content in websites are mainly quoted from doctors and the professional people. This finding indicates that 70% of websites have the website linking function, and the NGO websites are linked as the most popular one. Concerning the appeal to target publics, 'general public' is the major target audience for all websites. The government's health information websites have good performance not only on information content, but also on communication channels in the websites. |