Mental health discourse and social media: Which mechanisms of cultural power drive discourse on Twitter

Normalising disclosure or reinforcing heroism? An exploratory critical discourse analysis of mental health stigma in medical education

“…Therefore, social and digital media discourse may provide a useful window into how medical learners and physicians conceptualise stigma while providing potential insights about stigma-related barriers to help-seeking. 39 In this study, we sought to conduct a critical discourse analysis to explore medical learners' encounters with stigma and their understandings of how it is embedded in medical education and the clinical environment. Our research questions were: (1) What are the dominant discourses regarding mental health stigma in medical education?…”

“…Although the advantages of social and digital media include the creation of a space where users can share their experiences, raise awareness and challenge stigma, 37,38 such platforms may also amplify stigmatising messaging. Therefore, social and digital media discourse may provide a useful window into how medical learners and physicians conceptualise stigma while providing potential insights about stigma‐related barriers to help‐seeking 39 . In this study, we sought to conduct a critical discourse analysis to explore medical learners' encounters with stigma and their understandings of how it is embedded in medical education and the clinical environment.…”

Salgın Hastalıklar Döneminde Sosyal Medyanın Korku Algısında Meydana Getirdiği Değişimin İncelenmesi: Covid-19/ Examination of The Change Caused by Social Media in The Perception of Fear During the Period of Epidemics: Covid-19

“…Yeni iletişim teknolojileri ile ortaya çıkan sosyal medya ağları -salgın hastalıklar gibi-risk iletişimi dönemlerinde olayların merkezinde yer almaktadır (Şenol & Avcı, 2020, s. 340 (Alaeddinoğlu & Rol, 2020;Fu, Cheng, Wong & Yip, 2013;Fung, Fu, Ying, Schaible, Hao, Chan & Tse, 2014;Kirman, 2020). (Denecke & Atigue, 2016), dezenformasyon (Depoux, Sam, Emilie, Preet Raman, Wilder & Heidi, 2020), yanlış habere maruz kalma (Gao, Pinpin, Yingnan, Hao, Yimeng, Suhong, Yi, Hua & Junming, 2020), platformların süreçteki avantaj/dezavantajları (Abdolia, & Nejadi, 2019) ile ağ kullanıcıların ruh durumlarına etkisi (Pavlova & Perkers, 2020), uyku davranışları değişikliği ile problemli sosyal medya kullanımı (Hetkamp, Adam, Alexander, Benjamin, Hannah, Venia, Nora, Christoph, Martini & Maria, 2020) üzerinde kümelendiği görülmektedir.…”

“Mental Health” as Defined by Twitter: Frames, Emotions, Stigma

“…Our note to public health campaigners would be to check whether their communication could benefit from a more emotional language. A recent paper by Pavlova and Berkers (2020) notes that online communications characterized by higher emotional energy (i.e. high level of engagement with confidence and solidarity) tend to drive the more desirable mental health discourse.…”