By Janae McDowell Social Media is one of the most powerful tools is today’s society. News can travel faster, you can update your followers with every tiny detail of your life, and most importantly, you can educate people on various issues in life. In May 2021, a study was published after researching the impact of social media on skin cancer prevention. In 2021 when the study was conducted, there were 4.2 billion social media users around the world and there has been a significant increase in the use of healthcare workers and users utilizing social media to seek information. The study consisted of researchers summarizing literature and converting it into a format more fitting for social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Tik Tok. This experiment was well-rounded in the fact that each social media site used varies in demographic, format, and overall strategies. Based on the results, they concluded that the use of social media showed promise in spreading awareness on cancer as well as cancer prevention. There was a time when most people suffered in silence or were not knowledgeable about cancer awareness or ways to prevent cancer. Social media has changed that. If you scroll down a timeline, you are likely to see someone you know or something reposted sharing a testimony of a health experience. Social media is powerful in that it can bring so many people together, while also educating them at the same time. This study was an amazing idea and I hope the results prove to be long lasting. Source: Impact of Social Media on Skin Cancer Prevention
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8125878/
1 Comment
|
AuthorBowie State University SPR Group Student Blog Archives
May 2022
Categories
All
|