Reflection

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Reflecting on my research, I discussed a perspective that still needs to be explored within the health space and its intersection with social media. That is, understanding the familiarity that has become health professionals engaging on social media, and how it relates to HIPAA, which is strongly regarded in the medical space. Discussing how social media has impacted medical workers and lowering inhibitions regarding sharing personal information can directly impact the perceptions of HIPAA, as I found. While the argument for social media in the health space is that it assists in creating more accessible knowledge and builds comfort between patients and their providers, the opposite issue would be the risks that come with lessened privacy.

Throughout this journey to learn more about the potential came exploring various online platforms to firsthand view the content of medical professionals, paired with a guide regarding what constitutes a breach of HIPAA to reflect upon as I analyze this information. That way, I could determine how far a violation would be occurring and better reach my point regarding how health workers could push past the limits of HIPAA through charisma and rhetorical devices that made them more likable members of an audience. Therefore, Throughout my final paper, some of the doctors I address rely on ethos and pathos to determine their credibility and make themselves a pleasant view to watch. Of course, such strategic usage allowed for many violations to be ignored because, with ethos, little would question an established field member, and with pathos, little would wish to harm someone they viewed as appealing. This dive into the content, indeed, helped display a clear narrative of how often, using social media, many providers found themselves overindulging with information and breaking HIPAA; however, with those such as former Dr.Gawe, the use of rhetorical devices had gained the appeal of an audience that lacked the ability to recognize a HIPAA violation before them. Highlighting this then helped allow my point of how an audience properly swayed through rhetorical appeals would struggle to notice a breach in HIPAA. Thus, HIPAA as a law could indeed struggle to be taken seriously as time passes due to the common and unacknowledged disregard for social media. 

I will address that throughout my final paper, I spoke on fewer rhetorical devices and sources than planned in my prior drafts and assignments. Doing the minor assignments and drafts has helped to recognize this issue. This is something I indeed received feedback for from my professor, classmates and friends After doing all the assignments it is now easier for me to go back and look at where I began vs. where the research changed. I changed a lot of details while conducting the research as ideas developed. If I was given an opportunity to write more regarding this topic, I would certainly study explain further, and focus on other versions of rhetorical devices to highlight better how easily swayed an audience could become as a viewer when they are watching a provider break HIPAA before them, and thus undermining its value. I also note that through writing my final paper, I was also told to better organize the order of my body paragraphs to provide information in a more effective manner. This led to revisions regarding my first and second paragraphs, which also impacted how I wrote my introduction, as I focused more on discussing HIPAA. Regarding the material I used to build my essay, I used TikTok, YouTube videos, Federal articles, and other articles created by various health boards. These were important as the visuals of social media provided an ability to notice the rhetorical appeals at large and the chance to read commentary created by audience members to judge the extent of how a unconcerned attitude health providers demonstrated to HIPAA impacted them. Federal articles better assist with gaining a definition of HIPAA, providing knowledge of the consequences of violations and displaying that patients can report on it. This latter matter is important as it explains how, without medical professionals treating HIPAA seriously, patients will lack the same knowledge and thus respect and fail to report such misdeeds when their rights are violated.