Social media has sparked the twenty-first century’s communication explosion. Social media has intensely changed the way we live, communicate, and socialize. Social media allow the users to engage and exchange information over many channels provided by social media, such as blogs, microblogging, social network sites and video sharing sites. Social media provides individuals with two way communication and information broadcasting. Through the Internet technology, social media channels are easily accessible and millions of users receive, disseminate, and generate information contents. These contents are usually in the form of words, pictures, videos, or a combination of the three forms. These contents are normally created as user-generated contents …show more content…
Social media allow the healthcare professionals to share information, to debate health care policy and practice issues, to promote health behaviors, to engage with the public, and to educate and interact with patients, caregivers, students, and colleagues. Health care professionals’ use social media to improve health outcomes, develop a professional network, increase personal awareness of news and discoveries, motivate patients, and provide health information to the community. Social media have created huge global networks and can spread the information quickly. When nurses are involved in advocacy role, they can use social media such as opinion editorial, personal interviews, websites, texting, Facebook, Twitter, and/or blogs to influence public opinion related to a policy priority. However, social media also can cause possible risks to patients and healthcare professionals regarding the distribution of poor-quality information, damage to professional image, breaches of patient privacy, violation of personal and professional boundaries, and licensing or legal issues. Therefore, it is important to monitor the quality and reliability of the information exchanged. When social media is used wisely and carefully, it can improve individual and public health, as well as professional development and advancement (Ventola,
Social media is changing the way that doctors and patients communicate. It is reshaping health care with the help of modern technical innovations such as internet connectivity, smart phones, tablets, and desktops. This ranges from patient support groups to instant messaging (Aishwarya, 2012:[sp]). Media usage has evolved over the last few years and research in this field has shown how children’s psychological factors are linked to social media (Heim, et al, 2007:49). These factors suggest that the internet is a powerful communication tool that not only connects children with others but also empowers them by providing a learning environment and social support (Heim, et al, 2007:52-53). A rapid and innovated advance in social media offers numerous opportunities for modifying health behaviour by allowing the users to conduct research, review previous experiences, seek out medical advice, and lets users choose whether they would like to be identified or anonymous. Although there is a considerable potential for these media tools such as, video chat, weblogs and social networks, this media usage, requires careful application with regards to how the information is used, and may not always give the desired results when seeking medical advice or solutions (Korda, Itani, 2013:15). Carleen Hawn (2009:361) explains that across the health care industry, new media tools are changing the way that patients and doctors interact which is why people are adopting this method of using social media for health related issues (Korda, Itani, 2013:15).
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Social Media are computer-mediated tools that allow people to create,share or exchange information,ideas,and pictures and videos in virtual communities and Networks.(Social Media Definition-Wikipedia the free encyclopedia).Social Media is social instrument of communication that will give information simply by asking,giving comments or recommending of other people with similar interests.This is use by giving your thoughts and the ability to communicate positively or negatively.Examples of Social Media sites are Facebook,My Space,Twitter,Bebo,and Linked-In.For a fast paced technological world,Social Media has a big part of our digital lives.It is the starting point to penetrate in every aspects of our lives,in our personal life,Social life or even professional life.Many engage to
In today’s era, social networking is seen to be very important and useful for interaction between people. In the term of healthcare, social media is involving very rapidly and it seems to be very useful for both, for healthcare professionals and for patients as well, but we all know that ‘THERE ARE TWO SIDES OF EVERY COIN’, so there is no doubt that social media is playing vital role in healthcare but it has dark side too.
“The rapid growth and accessibility of social networking websites has fundamentally changed the way people manage information about their personal and professional lives” (Garner & O'Sullivan, 2010 p.113). Even when primarily used for personal or entertainment reasons, nurses need to be mindful that when using social media others (such as employers or patients) may use it to make judgments of a professional
Social media is affecting all spheres of life and no profession is left untouched by the impact of social media and nursing profession is no exception. Nobody can deny the benefits of social media for the profession of nursing yet its disadvantages for the registered nurses and student nurses during clinical practice cannot be ignored. “Social media can be defined as the constellation of internet-based tools that help a user to connect, collaborate, and communicate with others in real time” (Ressler & Glazer, 2010). Social media is growing at a very rapid rate and is now the mainstream communication method for most of the global population (http://www.internetworldstats.com/facebook.htm). It has brought a tremendous revolution in communication and disseminating information to nurses round the world.
According to an article written by Scranton University, the positive affects that social media has on Healthcare
This assessment will address the potential and risk assessment of using social media in health care. Furthermore, it will address the policies and guidelines which all nurses are expected to adhere.
Currently, social media is the most popular method of communicating and interacting with others. It is a methodology to new media as it changes and evolves with our needs and expectations. Social media has evolved and adapted to become a huge part of our personal and professional lives.
Social media, including microblogs (e.g. Twitter), social networking sites (e.g. Facebook, Patients like Me), and media sharing sites (e.g. YouTube) are influential in our everyday life. Today’s, social media is considered a cultural phenomenon in all over the world (1). Studies revealed the majority of the U.S. adult internet users (75%) use social media (2); meanwhile, this figure is about 80 per-cent among young people in European Union coun¬tries (3). Healthcare provision has been af-fected by social media, so that different platforms for social media have been applied in various do-mains such as medical education, patient educa-tion, facilitating interaction between customers and healthcare providers, collaboration among healthcare teams, provision of consultative and curative/therapeutic forums, knowledge sharing and health campaigns (4). Furthermore, social me¬dia enable healthcare providers and policy makers to communicate any health issues with public and to answer health questions.
Social media has become a big part in today’s society especially for the new millennium generation. As members of the healthcare field, a cautious approach to what is posted and what is said on social media is a big part of the job. Although nursing students have personal lives, they have to take into context of the restrictions and guidelines on becoming a part of the health care community. In the healthcare field, patient and nursing relationship must be strictly kept work related; however, sometimes this line is breached which creates problems like confidentiality. For example, when talking about work related problems on social media, caution is the best solution because any information could be related to a certain patient which would lead to a
When it comes to social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube, nobody wants to think about the negative effects it has on patients. Brian Cayko, the director of clinical education in the respiratory care program at Great Falls College, Montana State University in Great Falls, Montana argues that social media makes it easier for patients. When a patient is not able to acquire care at the medical facility, they can get in touch with their respiratory therapist with the use of social media sites. Cayko also states that social media sites can be helpful as “educational resources, patient support and social and professional networking.” I think that Cayko knows that everyone must remember the negative things about social media and the internet, with the understanding that just because it’s on the web doesn’t mean that it is the truth. No, not everything is wrong with social media sites, I am involved in social media sites myself; however, personally I know that when it comes to an occupation especially in the medical field, you have to be more aware of the negatives than the
Some of the ideas that are central to the idea that social media is a benefit to today’s society are that social media encourages increased communication with friends and family, provides fast access to breaking news and other information, and help business attract new business and correspond more quickly with their existing customers. Increased communication is important in all aspects of life. Keeping in touch with family and friends is easier than ever before. Whether it be a Facebook post or a tweet updating friends about exciting news or being able to see a picture...
Nowadays, social media is growing very rapidly throughout the whole world. Social media has changed the way that we communicate with others through using these common social networking sites like Face book, Twitter, and Instagram…For that, social media has positively and negatively impacted our life.
Social media is the fruit of the current Web 2.0 technology. It is a series of organized applications which need to have internet connection to realize their functions of producing and interchanging of the contents generated by users (Kaplan & Haenlein, 2010). To be clearer, the social media is what we use to exchange information in daily life through internet. The implementation of social media can be found all around us, especially with the development of portable devices, and easier internet access. With constant upgrading on mobile platform, and the efforts of internet suppliers, more and more people can now enjoy the social media applications and media web sites with a relatively lower constraint by time and space. Through using social media tools, people can receive or deliver information quicker and more effectively. The implementation of social media has made the earth smaller. Thus, it may bring about many impacts which may significantly change people’s lives.