Welcome to #mentalhealth-tok: an analysis of what happens within a mental health filter bubble on TikTok
Term
4. Term
Publication year
2022
Submitted on
2022-06-17
Pages
13
Abstract
Adolescents are experiencing mental health difficulties more frequently, and sharing medical information online via social media is becoming more widespread. Peer-to-peer support has developed in self-forming online communities as a result of this. While existing studies demonstrate the dissimilarity of informational quality in such communities, we still know very little about the communities and behavior within them. We performed interviews with two psychologists to discuss their professional views on such communities as well as their members. Furthermore, we used Etienne Wenger’s communities of practice theory to carry out a deductive analysis of 10 videos using a digital ethnographic approach. Our findings show that the members have a safe space where they can give and receive support. To strengthen the positive and mitigate the negative aspects, we present three implications and future work directions.
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