In the 21st century, social media plays an important role in delivering health information and it has become a platform where everyone can interact with others (Colineau & Paris, 2010). The first part of this assignment will explain the benefits of using online media to deliver health information. In the following section, my own experiences of using the social media network to communicate and deliver health messages to other people will be discussed. Thereafter, the maintaining of professional communication in an online forum will be addressed in detail. The final part of the assignment will discuss the potential issues that may arise while using online media.
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However, potential social and ethical issues may also arise in an online platform, such as unreliable resources and personal information leakage (Cross, 2013). For example, the most popular resource centre is Wikipedia, but the potential problem is it can be written or edited by anyone and false information can be given. People identify false resources based on their experiences and education, and it may take a while to verify the information (Cross, 2013). Moreover, large amounts of information can be accessed through online media and people may disclose their personal information in a number of ways, such as Facebook, Twitter or YouTube (Greysen, Kind, Chretien, 2010). Social media provides us an open online forum, which will help us to communicate, discuss and place comments on the topics. Therefore, developing some basic skills on how to deal with inappropriate or negative comments online is essential. For example, if someone posts a negative comment on my oral health blog, I will ask for an explanation and address that comment