{"id":238895,"date":"2023-04-20T19:51:39","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T14:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=238895"},"modified":"2023-04-20T19:51:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T14:21:39","slug":"beware-dr-hustle-on-social-media-influencers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/beware-dr-hustle-on-social-media-influencers\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware Dr Hustle \u2013 on social media influencers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source:<\/span><\/b> This post is created based on the article \u201cbeware dr hustle\u201d,<\/b> published in Times of India<\/b> on 20th<\/sup> April 2023<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Syllabus Topic<\/span><\/b> \u2013 GS Paper 2 \u2013 Government policies for various sectors<\/span><\/p>\n

Context:<\/span><\/b> Recently, a viral video on a chocolate drink created a controversy <\/span><\/p>\n

India\u2019s influencer economy \u2013 the business of using social media as a marketing and advisory tool \u2013 is expected to host 100 million influencers by end-2023. <\/span><\/p>\n

Advertising Standards Council of India finds that 79% of respondents trust social media influencers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, implications of influencer\u2019s videos on health are huge. <\/span><\/p>\n

What are the implications of social media influencer\u2019s videos on health?<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n

The influencers, who are \u2018doctors without degrees\u2019, <\/b>can be harmful for the health of the people. Some of the harmful effects can be reversible, but some can be irreversible such as prescribing anabolic steroid, suggesting pills for high blood sugar and even cancer. <\/span><\/p>\n

Similarly, if a person is suffering from mental health problems, he can go online and see the videos suggesting deep breathing, which can be a short-term treatment. However, the root of the problem of that person might go undiagnosed and untreated. <\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, there should be light regulations for influencers. The government\u2019s list of dos and don\u2019ts as well as a requirement that qualifications be displayed is a good idea.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: This post is created based on the article \u201cbeware dr hustle\u201d, published in Times of India on 20th April 2023. Syllabus Topic \u2013 GS Paper 2 \u2013 Government policies for various sectors Context: Recently, a viral video on a chocolate drink created a controversy India\u2019s influencer economy \u2013 the business of using social media… Continue reading Beware Dr Hustle \u2013 on social media influencers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10496],"class_list":["post-238895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704791544},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}