Social Media s Influence On An Individual s Life

In today’s time social media is major part of everyone’s daily life. For instance, â€Å"people spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook† (Lawrence, 2012). This demonstrates that social media has a major influence on an individual’s life. Not only is social media having an influence over individuals, it is also influencing the way society communicates. For example, communication was once through phone calls or by mail, but now communication is being executed through various form of social media such as, Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook, Tumbler, etc. In addition to social media being used for communication, smartphones are also contributing to this as well. Furthermore, smartphones can be used to access the web when there is no internet.†¦show more content†¦Social media and smartphones allow for better communication between health care employees, peers, and patients because they provide multiple ways for each party to communicate with each other. For healthcare workers to communicate with each other, social media platforms such as, Linkedln, which is a professional site that allows healthcare professionals to network with each other (Miller, 2011). Other sites that healthcare professionals can network through are Facebook and Myspace. Having these social media platforms allows for healthcare workers to connect and share their thoughts with each other. Not only does it help coworkers communicate with each other, it also allows healthcare workers to communicate with patients. For example, patients can access social media platforms for information concerning their condition. By having these social media platforms, it allows for various ways patients can have access to health information. Besides social media providing another form of communication between healthcare workers and patients, it is also a resource tool. Social media allows you to research for information that is needed, similar to professional sites, which c an also be used for networking and as a resource tool. According to Gitelman, Lindsay, and Weaver (2012), these networks can be used to obtain and share information (para. 2). By using these professional sites, the sites can help educate