The Role of Communication Affordances in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Facebook and WhatsApp Support Groups

Yeshua-Katz, Daphna

doi:10.3390/ijerph18094576

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“…The bulk of the papers in this category are case studies studied through the affordance analytical lens (Hurley, 2019;Khazraee and Novak, 2018;Kitzie, 2019). Health and therapy (10) contains research on the way people can use social media to manage their conditions (Merolli et al, 2013(Merolli et al, , 2014, therapy (Bernardi, 2016;Lin and Kishore, 2021;Song et al, 2021;Yeshua-Katz, 2021) or acquire health-related information. Articles on affordances for interpersonal ties (9) discuss affordances both in work (Lee et al, 2019;Leidner et al, 2018) and in personal settings (Frampton and Fox, 2018;Zhao et al, 2012).…”

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Defining affordances in social media research: A literature review

Ronzhyn

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2022

New Media & Society

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An increasingly influential strand of research on social media relies on the concept of affordances to account for effects. However, hindering the possibility of a unified theory of affordances in social media is the conceptual blurring surrounding the concept. This article engages in a comprehensive review of the affordances literature in social media, aiming to provide an overview of the current state of the art and clarify the use of the concept. Through a systematic literature review, the characteristics of affordances research in social media are uncovered: the most prominent areas of application, research approaches, and dominant typologies and conceptualisations. Significant blurriness of the term ‘affordance’ is identified as well as an inconsistent use in research. To tackle these problems, a unified definition of affordances in social media is proposed based on the synthesis of knowledge on affordances in technology and social media. The suggested definition captures the core aspects of the concept to reduce ambiguity in the use of the concept and further the research on affordances of social media. The article provides the groundwork for future use of affordances theory in social media research.

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Defining affordances in social media research: A literature review

Ronzhyn

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2022

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“…Vogel, et al [42] Robinson-Whelen, et al, [43] Tsai, et al [44] Strand, et al [45] Craig, et al [46] Craig, et al [47] Yeshua-Katz [48] Abedishargh, et al [49] Dabit, et al As our primary focus is on multi-user technologies allowing the interaction between 3 and more participants, the further reports will be relevant for the 40 studies which incorporated more than 3 people interacting with each other (see Table 2), excluding the purely dyadic interventions, to avoid the confusing overlap in interventions combining both approaches.…”

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The Journey From Nonimmersive to Immersive Multiuser Applications in Mental Health Care: Systematic Review (Preprint)

Fajnerova,

Hejtmánek,

Sedlák

et al. 2024

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BACKGROUND Over the past 25 years, the development of multi-user applications has seen significant advancements and challenges. The technological development in this field has emerged from simple chatrooms, through videoconferencing tools to the creation of complex, interactive, and often multisensory virtual worlds. These multi-user technologies have gradually found their way into mental health care, where they are used in both dyadic counseling and group interventions. However, some limitations in hardware capabilities, user experience designs, and scalability may have hindered the effectiveness of these applications. OBJECTIVE The present systematic review aimed at summarizing the progress made and the potential future directions in this field while evaluating various factors and perspectives relevant to remote multi-user interventions. METHODS The systematic review was performed based on Web of Science (WoS) and PubMed database search covering articles in the English language published from January 1999 to March 2024 related to multi-user mental health interventions. Several inclusion and exclusion criteria were determined before and during the records screening process performed in several steps. RESULTS We have identified 49 records exploring the multi-user applications in mental health care, ranging from text-based interventions to interventions set in fully immersive environments. The number of publications exploring this topic is growing since 2015, with a large increase during COVID-19 pandemic. The majority of digital interventions were delivered in a form of video-conferencing, with only a few implementing immersive environments. The studies utilized professional or peer supported group interventions or a combination of both approaches. The research studies targeted diverse groups and topics, from nursing mothers to psychiatric disorders or various minority groups. Most group sessions happened weekly, or in case of the peer-suport groups, often with flexible schedule. CONCLUSIONS We have identified many benefits to multi-user digital interventions for mental healthcare. These approaches provide distributed, always available and affordable peer support that can be used to deliver necessary help to people living outside of areas where in-person interventions are easily available. While immersive virtual environments have become a common tool in many areas of psychiatric care, such as exposure therapy, our results suggest that this technology in multi-user settings is still in its early stages. Most identified studies investigated mainstream technologies, such as video conferencing or text-based support, substituting immersive experience for convenience and ease of use. While many studies discuss useful features of virtual environments in group interventions, such as anonymity or stronger engagement with the group, we discuss persisting issues with these technologies, which currently prevent their full adoption. CLINICALTRIAL N/A

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