Professional Social Networks

 

Professional Social Networks

Professional social networks (PSN) are online environments where practitioners can present themselves, get in contact and socialize with coworkers, share, and discuss ideas, or exchange business‐related knowledge. (Mettler, 2018, Abstract section). In this description of PSN’s, one can see that there are a great many platforms or networks that could potentially fall into this category. For instance, Facebook allows for all the aforementioned descriptors as well as YouTube, and Instagram and LinkedIn. For a professional who is interested in exploring pertinent research and or sharing information with other likeminded, similar professional colleagues, which one is the best? I personally believe that LinkedIn offers the best network or platform for content creation and sharing in a professional context. That does not mean that the others don’t or can’t provide quality information. I just feel like it seems more formal if it comes from LinkedIn.      

 

References

Mettler, T. (2018, July). Contextualizing a professional social network for health care: Experiences from an action design research study. Retrieved July 14, 2023, from https://eds-p-ebscohost-com.proxy.lib.fsu.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=0%26sid=c904fd15-a3fa-43ac-8b68-d19ee9747a46%40redis&bdata=JkF1dGhUeXBlPXNoaWImc2l0ZT1lZHMtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=130023822&db=bth