Examining nonsuicidal self-injury content creation on TikTok through qualitative content analysis

Lookingbill, Valerie

doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2022.101199

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“…Our findings indicate that videos in the prorecovery domain contained more informative content than videos categorized in the other 2 domains. This result suggests that members of the prorecovery community were engaging in community defensive information practices, where users attempted to remediate and address gaps in health information through leveraging technology and their experiential knowledge, which has been similarly reported in online communities of marginalized populations, such as transgender and nonbinary individuals . A strong sense of community among users may serve as an effective strategy for building collective resilience against misleading information on social media, as misinformation is participatory in nature because it is shaped by technology, social structures, and human action .…”

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“…This result suggests that members of the prorecovery community were engaging in community defensive information practices, 42 , 43 where users attempted to remediate and address gaps in health information through leveraging technology and their experiential knowledge, which has been similarly reported in online communities of marginalized populations, such as transgender and nonbinary individuals. 44 , 45 A strong sense of community among users may serve as an effective strategy for building collective resilience against misleading information 46 on social media, as misinformation is participatory in nature because it is shaped by technology, social structures, and human action. 47 , 48 By incorporating shared community values and tactics into video content, prorecovery users create and engage with information in ways that have positive associations with the health and well-being of their community.…”

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“…marginalized populations, such as transgender and nonbinary individuals. 44,45 A strong sense of community among users may serve as an effective strategy for building collective resilience against misleading information 46 on social media, as misinformation is participatory in nature because it is shaped by technology, social structures, and human action. 47,48 By incorporating shared community values and tactics into video content, prorecovery users create and engage with information in ways that have positive associations with the health and well-being of their community.…”

Section: Jama Network Open | Public Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Assessment of Accuracy, User Engagement, and Themes of Eating Disorder Content in Social Media Short Videos

2023

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ImportanceSocial media is simultaneously home to communities of users who promote eating disorders as a lifestyle and users who advocate for recovery. As studies have confirmed an association between exposure to pro–eating disorder content and engaging in disordered eating behaviors, an examination of the accuracy of and interactions with information shared in these complex and contradictory communities can provide insights into content available to users at risk.ObjectiveTo determine the associations among themes, accuracy of information, and user engagement of eating disorder content on a short video–sharing social media platform.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThis qualitative study included a thematic analysis of a sample of 200 TikTok videos, as well as user engagement metrics and content creator characteristics, between February and June 2022. Data were analyzed from March to June 2022.Main Outcomes and MeasuresContent themes, accuracy of information, user engagement, and the associations among these factors were identified in a sample of eating disorder videos on a social media platform. Data were analyzed with Pearson χ2, analysis of variance, linear regression, and random permutation tests.ResultsAmong the 200 videos assessed, 124 (62.0%) covered prorecovery content, 59 (29.5%) included pro–eating disorder content, and 17 (8.5%) contained anti–eating disorder content. Thematic analysis revealed 4 high-level themes: (1) encouraging the development or sustainment of eating disorders, (2) sharing physical or emotional experiences with eating disorders, (3) sharing narratives of recovery, and (4) social support. While the results of Pearson χ2 test indicated that videos in the prorecovery domain contained more accurate content than videos categorized in the pro–eating disorder and anti–eating disorder domains (χ24 = 157.92; P &lt; .001), the results of analysis of variance demonstrated that there was no significant difference in user engagement between informative and misleading content (likes: F = 0.110; P = .95; comments: F = 2.031; P = .13; views: F = 0.534; P = .59; shares: F = 0.691; P = .50). Results of the 10 000 random permutation tests, in which all P values were between .40 and .60 regardless of the distances, suggested that there was no significant difference in user engagement among the 3 domains.Conclusions and RelevanceThis mixed-methods qualitative analysis of misleading eating disorder information on social media found that pro–eating disorder and prorecovery communities were prevalent. However, social media users in the prorecovery community created more informative than misleading content. Furthermore, the study found no significant difference between users’ engagement with accurate vs misleading videos, which may suggest that false information alone does not influence the virality of videos.

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Section: Jama Network Open | Public Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Assessment of Accuracy, User Engagement, and Themes of Eating Disorder Content in Social Media Short Videos

2023

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“…To ensure the consistency of the sample and the variables of analysis, inductive coding was followed as proposed by Salbs [29] and Lookingbill [73], according to which an initial coding of 20% of the sample and subsequent grouping into a series of variables, most of which were nominal, were carried out; this allowed specific nuances adapted to each unit of analysis to be obtained. Specifically, the final coding scheme resulted in 24 variables: fact-checking agency; verification; media literacy; section; topic; presenter; gender; age; humour; music; subtitles; pop-up labels; video; pictures; screen recording; screen browsing; screenshot; underlining and circles; zoom; text effects; emojis; graphic design; animation; and final claim.…”

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Verification Agencies on TikTok: The Case of MediaWise and Politifact

Díaz-Lucena,

Hidalgo-Cobo

2024

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This research aims to analyse the work of two international information verification agencies on TikTok—MediaWise and Politifact—according to their evolution, approach, content, and format. To this end, a quantitative approach has been used with an inductive content analysis with nominal variables, which offers specific nuances adapted to the unit of analysis. In a first phase, an empirical analysis was carried out, focusing on the measurement and quantification of the number of publications and interactions of the audience, from the time Fthey started operating on this platform until 31 December 2023. The total number of posts extracted was N > 704, which generated N > 4,166,387 user responses. In a second phase, an in-depth content analysis of all the posts published by these two agencies in four months (October and November 2021 and October and November 2023) was carried out, allowing us to analyse their evolution, but also to compare the two agencies in terms of approach, themes, and style. The most important findings show that both agencies adapt the style and narratives to this social network through the use of dynamic resources, a casual and informal tone, and elements of humour. In addition, both contribute to public reason through different strategies: MediaWise focuses on media literacy and Politifact on verification, using resources, effects and content in line with that purpose. Finally, we observe a downward evolution in terms of reach and impact on the audience, as well as a lower dynamism in 2023 than in 2021, which opens the door to future lines of explanatory research that delve deeper into possible causes.

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“…Otras investigaciones utilizan los posts de una misma cuenta como unidad de análisis y variable dependiente (Akbari et al, 2022). Otros autores (Lookingbill, 2022) utilizan técnicas cualitativas, siendo las cuentas de TikTok la variable dependiente. La mayoría de estas investigaciones utilizan pocas variables y casi todas relacionadas con el alcance e impacto de las publicaciones (Publicaciones, Me gusta, Compartido, etc.).…”

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Metodología para el análisis de contenido de agencias de verificación en TikTok

2023

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La presente investigación propone un diseño metodológico para analizar el contenido de las agencias de verificación en la red social TikTok. El objetivo es diseñar una metodología que recoja las aportaciones previas y que sea modulable para poder aplicarse tanto a posts de TikTok como a procesos de verificación. El modelo propuesto es un análisis de contenido basado en variables y categorías identificadas tras un proceso de revisión bibliográfica, investigaciones previas, test de fiabilidad inter-codificador y puesta en práctica mediante un análisis real. El resultado es un modelo con 29 variables agrupada en siete ámbitos que incluyen las características de la desinformación, las temáticas, el alcance, el impacto o las metodologías de fact-checking. Los resultados muestran un modelo modulable, que contribuye al estado de la cuestión y cuya replicabilidad ha sido testada, por lo que es aplicable en cualquier análisis de contenido en redes sociales y en cualquier proceso de verificación.

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Examining nonsuicidal self-injury content creation on TikTok through qualitative content analysis

Cited by 14 publications

References 36 publications

Assessment of Accuracy, User Engagement, and Themes of Eating Disorder Content in Social Media Short Videos

Assessment of Accuracy, User Engagement, and Themes of Eating Disorder Content in Social Media Short Videos

Verification Agencies on TikTok: The Case of MediaWise and Politifact

Metodología para el análisis de contenido de agencias de verificación en TikTok

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