Social media, including microblogs (e.g. Twitter), social networking sites (e.g. Facebook), and media sharing sites (e.g. YouTube) are influential in our everyday life.
Today’s, social media is considered aultural phenomenon in all over the world (1). Studies revealed the majority of the U.S. adult internet users 75%) use social media (2); meanwhile, this figure is about 80 percent among young people in European Union
ountries (3). Healthcare provision has been affected by social media, so that different platforms for social media ave been applied in various domains such as medical education, patient education, facilitating interaction etween customers and healthcare providers, collaboration among health care teams, provision of consultative nd curative/therapeutic forums, knowledge sharing and health campaigns (4). Furthermore, social media enable ealthcare providers and policy makers to communicate any health issues with the public and to answer health uestions. Social media facilitate patient-patient dialogue to gain perceptions and experiences from each other.
dditionally, more objectives, including health education, health promotion and stigma reduction are achievable 5). In this regard, many healthcare organizations have developed such media to communicate with the public.