Digital Epidemiology: Forecasting Epidemics in the Era of Social Media and Mobile Devices Big-Data

Abstract

The revolution of digital big data in the era of advanced technology has led to the rise of the field of digital epidemiology. The rapid development of social media platforms and mobile devices which are considered as the main sources of the digital data can produce huge data daily. Such big data can be used to track and monitor infectious diseases and to give a better understanding of diseases outbreaks. So, in this paper, we study the impact of social media and mobile devices on the field of digital epidemiology.