Social media policy explained

A social media policy is a policy which advises representatives of an organization on their use of social media.

Various businesses have social media policies.^[1]

Various health care organizations have social media policies.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Government use of social media has special considerations.^{[6] [7]}

Libraries can have social media policies.^[8]

Athletic programs can have social media policies.^[9]

There has been social media policy research in Sweden.^[10]

Further reading

• Designing Social Media Policy for Government, 2010

Notes and References

1. Web site: Forbes Human Resource Council . Why Your Business Needs A Social Media Policy And Eight Things It Should Cover . Forbes . en . 25 May 2017.
2. Skiba . DJ . Nursing education 2.0: The need for social media policies for schools of nursing. . Nursing Education Perspectives . 2011 . 32 . 2 . 126–7 . 21667796. 10.5480/1536-5026-32.2.126 . free .
3. Barton . AJ . Skiba . DJ . Creating social media policies for education and practice. . NI 2012: 11th International Congress on Nursing Informatics, June 23–27, 2012, Montreal, Canada. International Congress in Nursing Informatics (11th: 2012: Montreal, Quebec) . 2012 . 2012 . 16 . 24199039. 3799160 .
4. Kind . Terry . Genrich . Gillian . Sodhi . Avneet . Chretien . Katherine C. . Social media policies at US medical schools . Medical Education Online . 15 September 2010 . 15 . 1 . 5324 . 10.3402/meo.v15i0.5324. 20859533 . 2941429 .
5. Sebelius CL . Jr . Social media policy in other orqanizations. . The Journal of the American College of Dentists . 2012 . 79 . 4 . 43–7 . 23654163.
6. Bertot . John Carlo . Jaeger . Paul T. . Hansen . Derek . The impact of polices on government social media usage: Issues, challenges, and recommendations . Government Information Quarterly . January 2012 . 29 . 1 . 30–40 . 10.1016/j.giq.2011.04.004.
7. Mergel . Ines . Bretschneider . Stuart I. . A Three-Stage Adoption Process for Social Media Use in Government . Public Administration Review . May 2013 . 73 . 3 . 390–400 . 10.1111/puar.12021.
8. Web site: Should Your Library Have a Social Media Policy? .
9. Sanderson . Jimmy . To Tweet or Not to Tweet: Exploring Division I Athletic Departments' Social-Media Policies . International Journal of Sport Communication . December 2011 . 4 . 4 . 492–513 . 10.1123/ijsc.4.4.492.
10. Web site: Disciplining social media: An analysis of social media policies in 26 Swedish municipalities .