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Social Media in Dermatology and an Overview of Popular Social Media Platforms
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Social media provides an accessible and increasingly popular avenue for sharing healthcare information, networking, and outreach in dermatology. We provide an overview of prominent social media platforms, also known as applications or apps, as well as a discussion of their influen...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8525049/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34692234 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13671-021-00343-4 |
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author | Szeto, Mindy D. Mamo, Andrina Afrin, Antara Militello, Michelle Barber, Cara |
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description | PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Social media provides an accessible and increasingly popular avenue for sharing healthcare information, networking, and outreach in dermatology. We provide an overview of prominent social media platforms, also known as applications or apps, as well as a discussion of their influence and implications for the field. RECENT FINDINGS: The various collaborative features of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat, and other emerging platforms have proven appealing to organizations and users seeking dermatology-related content and medical advice. However, the potential for propagation of inaccurate or even dangerous information is high. SUMMARY: Despite the risks associated with social media usage, dermatology can benefit from opportunities to connect and engage with audiences through these platforms. Dermatologists should be encouraged to increase their presence on multiple social media apps to dispel and counteract misleading posts with evidence-based knowledge. |
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spelling | pubmed-85250492021-10-20 Social Media in Dermatology and an Overview of Popular Social Media Platforms Szeto, Mindy D. Mamo, Andrina Afrin, Antara Militello, Michelle Barber, Cara Curr Dermatol Rep Dermatology and its Use in Social Media (R Dellavalle and C Presley, Section Editors) PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Social media provides an accessible and increasingly popular avenue for sharing healthcare information, networking, and outreach in dermatology. We provide an overview of prominent social media platforms, also known as applications or apps, as well as a discussion of their influence and implications for the field. RECENT FINDINGS: The various collaborative features of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat, and other emerging platforms have proven appealing to organizations and users seeking dermatology-related content and medical advice. However, the potential for propagation of inaccurate or even dangerous information is high. SUMMARY: Despite the risks associated with social media usage, dermatology can benefit from opportunities to connect and engage with audiences through these platforms. Dermatologists should be encouraged to increase their presence on multiple social media apps to dispel and counteract misleading posts with evidence-based knowledge. Springer US 2021-10-19 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8525049/ /pubmed/34692234 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13671-021-00343-4 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Dermatology and its Use in Social Media (R Dellavalle and C Presley, Section Editors) Szeto, Mindy D. Mamo, Andrina Afrin, Antara Militello, Michelle Barber, Cara Social Media in Dermatology and an Overview of Popular Social Media Platforms |
title | Social Media in Dermatology and an Overview of Popular Social Media Platforms |
title_full | Social Media in Dermatology and an Overview of Popular Social Media Platforms |
title_fullStr | Social Media in Dermatology and an Overview of Popular Social Media Platforms |
title_full_unstemmed | Social Media in Dermatology and an Overview of Popular Social Media Platforms |
title_short | Social Media in Dermatology and an Overview of Popular Social Media Platforms |
title_sort | social media in dermatology and an overview of popular social media platforms |
topic | Dermatology and its Use in Social Media (R Dellavalle and C Presley, Section Editors) |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8525049/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34692234 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13671-021-00343-4 |
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