Publications by authors named "Karen Michelle Klassen"

Background: Health campaigns have struggled to gain traction with young adults using social media, even though more than 80% of young adults are using social media at least once per day. Many food industry and lifestyle brands have been successful in achieving high levels of user engagement and promoting their messages; therefore, there may be lessons to be learned by examining the successful strategies commercial brands employ.

Objective: This study aims to identify and quantify social media strategies used by the food industry and lifestyle brands, and health promotion organizations across the social networking sites Facebook and Instagram.

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Synopsis of recent research by authors named "Karen Michelle Klassen"

  • - Karen Michelle Klassen's research focuses on the effectiveness of social media strategies employed by various brands, particularly in the food industry, lifestyle sectors, and health promotion organizations, to engage young adults on platforms like Facebook and Instagram.
  • - In her 2018 article, she analyzes how successful commercial brands enhance user engagement, suggesting that public health campaigns could adapt similar strategies to improve their outreach and impact among young adults.
  • - The study highlights the challenges faced by health campaigns in leveraging social media compared to the high engagement levels achieved by lifestyle and food brands, indicating potential insights that can enhance public health messaging.