Pearl : A Journal of Library and Information Science
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue: 3

Use of Social Media in Health Care

1Librarian, Learning Resource Center, Center for Management Studies, Jain (Deemed to-be University), Bangalore, Karnataka, India

2Senior Scale Librarian, Government First Grade College Yagati, Kadur Tq, Chikmagalur Dist. Karnataka, India

*Corresponding author email id: umesh.iisc@gmail.com

**dr.shobha_patel@cms.ac.in

Online Published on 17 December, 2021.

Abstract

Social media is working as a tool in every society, how social media and communication deals with public health in modernization. This study has found out the present scenario of healthcare with social networks and how social media empowering and enhancing public health. This paper examines the current generation, the integration of the internet in the health care system by using information technology, how it explores and how much people have been using social media for their health consciousness.

Keywords

Web 2.0, Social media, Health care, Health information, Public health