Social media plays an important role in alerting and educating the public during disease outbreaks. By increasing awareness of the disease and its prevention, it can lead to a modification of behaviour which then affects contact/incidence rates. Social media data may also be used when formulating, developing and parameterising models. As mobile technology continues to evolve and proliferate, social media is expected to occupy an increasingly prominent role in the field of infectious disease modelling to improve their predictive power. This article presents a review of existing models incorporating media in general and highlights opportunities for social media to enhance traditional compartmental models so as to make the best use of this resource in controlling the spread of disease.

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社交媒体趋势：将社交媒体融入传染病动态

社交媒体在疾病爆发期间在提醒和教育公众方面发挥着重要作用。通过提高对疾病及其预防的认识，它可以导致行为的改变，进而影响接触/发病率。在制定、开发和参数化模型时，也可以使用社交媒体数据。随着移动技术的不断发展和普及，预计社交媒体将在传染病建模领域发挥越来越重要的作用，以提高其预测能力。本文回顾了现有的综合媒体模型，并强调了社交媒体增强传统隔间模型的机会，以便充分利用这一资源来控制疾病的传播。