Social media policy

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]

References

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

Further reading

• Designing Social Media Policy for Government, 2010