Branley Dawn B, Covey Judith
Department of Psychology, Durham UniversityDurham, United Kingdom.
Department of Psychology, Durham UniversityStockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom.
Front Psychol. 2017 Aug 11;8:1356. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01356. eCollection 2017.
To compare how people communicate about eating disorders on two popular social media platforms - Twitter and Tumblr. Thematic analysis was conducted to characterize the types of communications posted, and a content analysis was undertaken of between-platform differences. Three types of content (pro-ana, anti-ana, and pro-recovery) were posted on each platform. Overall, across both platforms, extreme pro-ana posts were in the minority compared to anti-ana and pro-recovery. Pro-ana posts (including 'thinspiration') were more common on Twitter than Tumblr, whereas anti-ana and pro-recovery posts were more common on Tumblr. The findings have implications for future research and health care relating to the treatment and prevention of eating disorders. Developers of future interventions targeting negative pro-ana content should remain aware of the need to avoid any detrimental impact on positive online support.
比较人们在两个热门社交媒体平台——推特和汤博乐上如何交流饮食失调问题。进行了主题分析以描述所发布交流内容的类型,并对平台间差异进行了内容分析。每个平台上都发布了三种类型的内容(支持厌食、反对厌食和支持康复)。总体而言,在两个平台上,与反对厌食和支持康复的内容相比,极端支持厌食的帖子占少数。支持厌食的帖子(包括“瘦灵感”)在推特上比在汤博乐上更常见,而反对厌食和支持康复的帖子在汤博乐上更常见。这些发现对未来与饮食失调治疗和预防相关的研究及医疗保健具有启示意义。未来针对负面支持厌食内容的干预措施开发者应意识到有必要避免对积极的在线支持产生任何不利影响。