Digital media and stress: the cost of caring 2.0

Hampton, Karl; Lu, Weixu; Shin, Inyoung

doi:10.1080/1369118x.2016.1186714

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“…But, those women who use a number of digital technologies to communicate with others tend to report less stress than women who do not use these technologies. Social media use is related to even higher levels of awareness of the stressful events that unfold in the lives of people they know (Hampton et al, 2015).…”

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Social media as a means to overcome stress and depression among women

Revathy¹,

Aram²,

Sharmila³

2018

J. Media Commun. Stud.

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Depression constitutes a serious challenge in personal and public health. Tens of millions of people each year suffer from depression and only a fraction receives treatment (de Choudhury, 2013). Stress and depression drains one of the feel-good factors essential to sustain the energy that gives the impetuous to hope and move forward. Depression in women is made more complex because of factors such as reproductive hormones and social pressures. Social media platforms make the way to connect with the public, disseminating helpful information, and establishing control over their online presence. The study analyzes the stress and depression of women-related information on the select pages of Facebook and videos of YouTube. Social Norms Theory and Agenda Setting Theory are employed as theoretical frameworks. Content analysis of Facebook pages and YouTube videos which deal with stress-and depression-related information related to women were undertaken to measure the type and content of messages. The key findings of the study are as follows: Majority of the social media users suggested traditional methods such as physical exercise and yoga to overcome stress and depression; In YouTube, reality videos were mostly used followed by demonstration, testimonial and animation formats: and social media sets the agenda for women with regard to responses to stress and depression, and helps reinforce and redefine social norms amidst patriarchy.

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Social media as a means to overcome stress and depression among women

Revathy¹,

Aram²,

Sharmila³

2018

J. Media Commun. Stud.

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“…In contrast, other reports showed no association between time on social networking sites and PHQ-9 score [24]. Work by Hampton et al [25] suggested that high-frequency exposure to digital media may cause users to be more aware of stressful events in the lives of others, indirectly causing higher stress levels in the user, termed the “cost of caring” [26]. Other work by Steers et al [27] suggests that increased time on Facebook causes people to feel depressed due to comparative feelings of inadequacy.…”

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Variations in Facebook Posting Patterns Across Validated Patient Health Conditions: A Prospective Cohort Study

Smith¹,

Crutchley²,

Schwartz³

et al. 2017

J Med Internet Res

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BackgroundSocial media is emerging as an insightful platform for studying health. To develop targeted health interventions involving social media, we sought to identify the patient demographic and disease predictors of frequency of posting on Facebook.ObjectiveThe aims were to explore the language topics correlated with frequency of social media use across a cohort of social media users within a health care setting, evaluate the differences in the quantity of social media postings across individuals with different disease diagnoses, and determine if patients could accurately predict their own levels of social media engagement.MethodsPatients seeking care at a single, academic, urban, tertiary care emergency department from March to October 2014 were queried on their willingness to share data from their Facebook accounts and electronic medical records (EMRs). For each participant, the total content of Facebook posts was extracted. Using the latent Dirichlet allocation natural language processing technique, Facebook language topics were correlated with frequency of Facebook use. The mean number of Facebook posts over 6 months prior to enrollment was then compared across validated health outcomes in the sample.ResultsA total of 695 patients consented to provide access to their EMR and social media data. Significantly correlated language topics among participants with the highest quartile of posts contained health terms, such as “cough,” “headaches,” and “insomnia.” When adjusted for demographics, individuals with a history of depression had significantly higher posts (mean 38, 95% CI 28-50) than individuals without a history of depression (mean 22, 95% CI 19-26, P=.001). Except for depression, across prevalent health outcomes in the sample (hypertension, diabetes, asthma), there were no significant posting differences between individuals with or without each condition.ConclusionsHigh-frequency posters in our sample were more likely to post about health and to have a diagnosis of depression. The direction of causality between depression and social media use requires further evaluation. Our findings suggest that patients with depression may be appropriate targets for health-related interventions on social media.

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“…Un estudio de Pew Research defiende los beneficios de las redes sociales y lanza una conclusión inédita: cuando más nos estresan las redes sociales es cuando nos preocupan los otros (Astasio, 2015). Incluso, se llega a afirmar que el uso activo de los medios sociales puede bajar el nivel de estrés, al menos en las mujeres (Hampton et al, 2015).…”

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Informe de la situación de los medios sociales en el sector de la información y la documentación en 2014 y prospectiva 2015

González-Fernández-Villavicencio¹

2017

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Digital media and stress: the cost of caring 2.0

Cited by 135 publications

References 66 publications

Social media as a means to overcome stress and depression among women

Social media as a means to overcome stress and depression among women

Variations in Facebook Posting Patterns Across Validated Patient Health Conditions: A Prospective Cohort Study

Informe de la situación de los medios sociales en el sector de la información y la documentación en 2014 y prospectiva 2015

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