Social Media in Healthcare Information

Paula Younger

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Facet Publishing
27 March 2025

Library, archive & information management; Library & information services; Media studies; Health systems & services; Digital lifestyle

Social media has now been an integral part of life for over 20 years, revolutionising so many aspects of our lives that it is now difficult to imagine a world without it. As smartphone technology has matured and users have grown more sophisticated in their use of various social media platforms, concerns about privacy, ethics, censorship, and misinformation have grown and become more complex.

Social Media in Healthcare Information provides an overview of current and recent developments in social media, concentrating on the most influential and well-established platforms. In addition to drawing together some of the most recently published scholarship in this area, this necessary book includes practical tips and considerations of how the platforms can be used to support knowledge and library service provision in healthcare settings as well as

the use of social media in healthcare research and medical education COVID-19 and misinformation digital inequalities and technological barriers confidentiality, privacy and security social media campaigns, data analysis and trends AI, big data and the future-proofing the profession

Aimed at new and existing users of social media in their services and LIS students, this essential guide will provide readers with in-depth social media knowledge and authoritative guidance on how it applies to library services in a healthcare environment.

By: Paula Younger
Imprint: Facet Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781783306787
ISBN 10: 1783306785
Pages: 222
Publication Date: 27 March 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Paula Younger is a Chartered Librarian with several years of experience in NHS, academic, and government libraries and information services. She previously co-edited (with Peter Morgan) Using Web 2.0 for Health Information also published by Facet. Paula is currently Library Manager at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Teaching Hospitals in Greater Manchester, UK.