The roles of social media in promoting public health / Nurul Atiqah Kamaruddin…[et.al]

Social media can holds considerable potential for health promotion. In promoting health to the public, social media like, Facebook, Twitter and lnstagram can be a very good and easy medium to share about health information. The use of social media increases the potential for easy access to preventiv...

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Main Authors: Kamaruddin, Nurul Atiqah, Mat Nor, Nur Liyana, Juahir, Nur Hanani, Mohd Zahari, Nur Syahirah, Gnuawar, Norzafirah, Mohd Abdul Rani, Seri Nazwa
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Communication and Media Studies 2016
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22960/
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author Kamaruddin, Nurul Atiqah
Mat Nor, Nur Liyana
Juahir, Nur Hanani
Mohd Zahari, Nur Syahirah
Gnuawar, Norzafirah
Mohd Abdul Rani, Seri Nazwa
author_facet Kamaruddin, Nurul Atiqah
Mat Nor, Nur Liyana
Juahir, Nur Hanani
Mohd Zahari, Nur Syahirah
Gnuawar, Norzafirah
Mohd Abdul Rani, Seri Nazwa
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description Social media can holds considerable potential for health promotion. In promoting health to the public, social media like, Facebook, Twitter and lnstagram can be a very good and easy medium to share about health information. The use of social media increases the potential for easy access to preventive medicine, interaction with health care providers, and public health, hence this will make the health information sharing become easier. The goal of this research is to study the effectiveness and role of social media in promoting public health. This research is using the qualitative research method. An interview has been made to eight informants to get the result for this research. Most of the informants are come from the IT, Medical field and also the social media user. The study found that the social media give many benefits in promoting public health. The benefits include in the aspects of increase the awareness about health, the dissemination of health information and promote healthcare product.
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spelling uitm-229602019-02-18T02:11:28Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22960/ The roles of social media in promoting public health / Nurul Atiqah Kamaruddin…[et.al] Kamaruddin, Nurul Atiqah Mat Nor, Nur Liyana Juahir, Nur Hanani Mohd Zahari, Nur Syahirah Gnuawar, Norzafirah Mohd Abdul Rani, Seri Nazwa Promotions Social networks Online social networks Social media can holds considerable potential for health promotion. In promoting health to the public, social media like, Facebook, Twitter and lnstagram can be a very good and easy medium to share about health information. The use of social media increases the potential for easy access to preventive medicine, interaction with health care providers, and public health, hence this will make the health information sharing become easier. The goal of this research is to study the effectiveness and role of social media in promoting public health. This research is using the qualitative research method. An interview has been made to eight informants to get the result for this research. Most of the informants are come from the IT, Medical field and also the social media user. The study found that the social media give many benefits in promoting public health. The benefits include in the aspects of increase the awareness about health, the dissemination of health information and promote healthcare product. Faculty of Communication and Media Studies 2016 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22960/1/PPd_NURUL%20ATIQAH%20KAMARUDDIN%20M%20MC%2016_5.pdf Kamaruddin, Nurul Atiqah and Mat Nor, Nur Liyana and Juahir, Nur Hanani and Mohd Zahari, Nur Syahirah and Gnuawar, Norzafirah and Mohd Abdul Rani, Seri Nazwa (2016) The roles of social media in promoting public health / Nurul Atiqah Kamaruddin…[et.al]. (2016) [Student Project] <http://terminalib.uitm.edu.my/22960.pdf> (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Promotions
Social networks
Online social networks
Kamaruddin, Nurul Atiqah
Mat Nor, Nur Liyana
Juahir, Nur Hanani
Mohd Zahari, Nur Syahirah
Gnuawar, Norzafirah
Mohd Abdul Rani, Seri Nazwa
The roles of social media in promoting public health / Nurul Atiqah Kamaruddin…[et.al]
title The roles of social media in promoting public health / Nurul Atiqah Kamaruddin…[et.al]
title_full The roles of social media in promoting public health / Nurul Atiqah Kamaruddin…[et.al]
title_fullStr The roles of social media in promoting public health / Nurul Atiqah Kamaruddin…[et.al]
title_full_unstemmed The roles of social media in promoting public health / Nurul Atiqah Kamaruddin…[et.al]
title_short The roles of social media in promoting public health / Nurul Atiqah Kamaruddin…[et.al]
title_sort roles of social media in promoting public health / nurul atiqah kamaruddin…[et.al]
topic Promotions
Social networks
Online social networks
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22960/