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Social Media & Health Sciences

Apostolos Koutropoulos, MBA, MSIT, MEd, CTSHealey Library - UMass Boston

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Who am I?

{…if so, how?

Do you use social media?

{…anyone know?

What is Social Media?

Social Media is an umbrella term that defines the various activities that integrate technology, social interaction and the construction of words, pictures, videos and audio. - Wikipedia

What is it?

{ {“old” media “new” social media

How is it different?

Conversation Tools

{…back to “Who am I?”

The Social Media Onion

Personal• Facebook• Last.fm• YouTube• Twitter

Professional• LinkedIn• Ning• Wikis• Scribd

Institutional• UMass Blog• YouTube• Flickr

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Social Media & the Industry

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communication i

nformation sharing project c

ollaboration connecting saving time

Who’s using them schools libraries academic journals students &

teachers hospitals organizations

The who & how

the internet does not forget your posts become part of the permanent

record HR and future employers do look at

these things need to consider before you post:

professional ethics organizational codes of conduct who is going to see this?

Things to remember

{Who, What, Where & How

Wrap Up

What you share today will be known tomorrow by ALL

How will this reflect on you personally? professionally?

Before you post, think about how what you say now might impact you later – the internet never forgets!

Words of Wisdom