Possibilities and Pitfalls of Social Media for Translational Medicine
We live in an age where the sharing of scientific findings and ideas is no longer confined to people with access to academic libraries or scientific journals. Social media have permitted for knowledge and ideas to be shared with an unprecedented speed and magnitude. This has made it possible for res...
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| author | Suzan Dijkstra Gautam Kok Julie G. Ledford Elena Sandalova Elena Sandalova Remi Stevelink |
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| description | We live in an age where the sharing of scientific findings and ideas is no longer confined to people with access to academic libraries or scientific journals. Social media have permitted for knowledge and ideas to be shared with an unprecedented speed and magnitude. This has made it possible for research findings to have a greater impact and to be rapidly implemented in society. However, the spread of unfiltered, unreferenced, and non-peer-reviewed articles through social media comes with dangers as well. In this perspective article, we aim to address both the possibilities and pitfalls of social media for translational medicine. We describe how social media can be used for patient engagement, publicity, transparency, sharing of knowledge, and implementing findings in society. Moreover, we warn about the potential pitfalls of social media, which can cause research to be misinterpreted and false beliefs to be spread. We conclude by giving advice on how social media can be harnessed to combat the pitfalls and provide a new avenue for community engagement in translational medicine. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-da4e8a1086e8428d9eafd46fd0435e942022-12-21T19:10:54ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Medicine2296-858X2018-12-01510.3389/fmed.2018.00345413991Possibilities and Pitfalls of Social Media for Translational MedicineSuzan Dijkstra0Gautam Kok1Julie G. Ledford2Elena Sandalova3Elena Sandalova4Remi Stevelink5University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, NetherlandsUniversity Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, NetherlandsDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United StatesDanone Nutricia Research, Singapore, SingaporeDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, NetherlandsUniversity Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, NetherlandsWe live in an age where the sharing of scientific findings and ideas is no longer confined to people with access to academic libraries or scientific journals. Social media have permitted for knowledge and ideas to be shared with an unprecedented speed and magnitude. This has made it possible for research findings to have a greater impact and to be rapidly implemented in society. However, the spread of unfiltered, unreferenced, and non-peer-reviewed articles through social media comes with dangers as well. In this perspective article, we aim to address both the possibilities and pitfalls of social media for translational medicine. We describe how social media can be used for patient engagement, publicity, transparency, sharing of knowledge, and implementing findings in society. Moreover, we warn about the potential pitfalls of social media, which can cause research to be misinterpreted and false beliefs to be spread. We conclude by giving advice on how social media can be harnessed to combat the pitfalls and provide a new avenue for community engagement in translational medicine.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2018.00345/fulltranslational medicinetranslational researchsocial mediaresearch disseminationpatient engagementscience communication |
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| title | Possibilities and Pitfalls of Social Media for Translational Medicine |
| title_full | Possibilities and Pitfalls of Social Media for Translational Medicine |
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| title_short | Possibilities and Pitfalls of Social Media for Translational Medicine |
| title_sort | possibilities and pitfalls of social media for translational medicine |
| topic | translational medicine translational research social media research dissemination patient engagement science communication |
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