Facebook, social media can boost organ, tissue donation
Social networking sites today connect millions even billions of people across the world.
They provide an uninhibited and egalitarian environment that transgresses caste, colour, class, creed and national barriers for person to person interactions. Such interactions have not been possible in the history of the human race.
Social networking sites have amply demonstrated their prowess in being instruments of social change. The Arab Spring protests globally and the Anna Hazare movement locally have bear poignant testimony to the fact that these sites can provide 'the tipping point' to a undercurrent of discontent brewing in people regarding their surroundings and their way of life.
The study referred to in the article revealed that a simple survey regarding willingness to donate organs on a popular social networking site saw a significant spike in donations which then subsided. This indicates that only persistent messages and motivation can sustain this trend.
I hope this provides the much needed tipping point to the sad organ donation story in this country
Social networking sites today connect millions even billions of people across the world.
They provide an uninhibited and egalitarian environment that transgresses caste, colour, class, creed and national barriers for person to person interactions. Such interactions have not been possible in the history of the human race.
Social networking sites have amply demonstrated their prowess in being instruments of social change. The Arab Spring protests globally and the Anna Hazare movement locally have bear poignant testimony to the fact that these sites can provide 'the tipping point' to a undercurrent of discontent brewing in people regarding their surroundings and their way of life.
The study referred to in the article revealed that a simple survey regarding willingness to donate organs on a popular social networking site saw a significant spike in donations which then subsided. This indicates that only persistent messages and motivation can sustain this trend.
I hope this provides the much needed tipping point to the sad organ donation story in this country
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