Self-representations of the experience of anorexia on YouTube: The joint influence of the explanatory model and the web platform

Mikhaylova, Oxana

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“…In this study, it was found that the majority of the videos 47 (79.66%) discussed the symptoms of anorexia nervosa and 48 (81.36%) of the videos focused on treatment. The presence of vloggers and people who have experienced anorexia nervosa firsthand has helped others with the recognition of this disorder [10]. Hence, social media platforms play an important role in creating awareness of diseases, especially related to mental health.…”

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Exploring YouTube Videos About Anorexia Nervosa on the Basis of Reliability, Popularity, and Contributions of Healthcare Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Study

Suresh,

Pallempati,

Saxena

et al. 2023

Cureus

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Background: Anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder, is characterized by a distorted body image, intense fear of gaining weight, and self-imposed starvation. The aim of this study is to analyze type of information as well as its quality and reliability on YouTube about anorexia nervosa.Methodology: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted on 59 Youtube videos using anorexia nervosa-related keywords in June 2023. The characteristics of the YouTube videos, such as the language of the information, the time of upload, and the qualifications of the uploaders, were recorded. The content and quality of 59 videos were assessed using the Global Quality Score (GQS) and reliability grading systems.Results: The videos accumulated a total of 256,602 likes, 5,644 dislikes, and 17,761 comments. Treatmentrelated content accounted for 81.36% of the videos, while descriptions of symptoms comprised 79.66%. Doctors contributed to 18.6% of the total uploads, making them the second-largest group of uploaders after the 'Other' category. The median reliability score for doctors is 4, the same as the hospital healthcare organization. This indicates that the perceived reliability of doctors as a source of information is as high as that of hospital healthcare organizations.Conclusions: In conclusion, this study highlights the importance of critically evaluating information on anorexia nervosa videos on YouTube. Despite variations in popularity, the overall quality and reliability remained consistent. Doctors were perceived as reliable sources of information, comparable to hospital healthcare organizations. Ensuring accurate and trustworthy content is crucial for supporting those affected by anorexia nervosa and promoting reliable information to the public.

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Exploring YouTube Videos About Anorexia Nervosa on the Basis of Reliability, Popularity, and Contributions of Healthcare Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Study

Suresh,

Pallempati,

Saxena

et al. 2023

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“…Therefore, this platform may be one of the most important sources of knowledge on mental health for this age group. Depression is one of many mental health conditions that is portrayed on Russian-language YouTube (Mikhaylova, 2022). The topic of mental health topic has already become trendy in this digital space in Russia over approximately the last 5 years.…”

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Depression representations on the most popular Russian-language YouTube channels

Mikhaylova

2023

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Med

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This article analyzes the mental health discourse on the most popular Russian-language channels on YouTube. The main research focus is depression representations. In total 345 videos were examined, issued since 2015 and till 2021. Using theoretical thematic analysis, the content creator types are identified, and these types are compared in terms of their portrayals of depression. The findings demonstrate that the most popular Russian-language content was made by (1) specialists on mental health, (2) influencers and celebrities, (3) documentalists, and (4) experientialists. The channels of popular science, those with TV recordings, religious, esoteric, and artistic channels were found to be watched less, despite also featuring mental health. The results regarding depression representations showed that most content creators describe depression as an illness. Additionally, the depression portrayals from the contemporary, popular Russian-language YouTube channels generally correspond with contemporary medical perspectives on depression, and the authors discussed depression using words and collocations from the medical discourse. Therefore, it could be assumed that the Russian-language representations of depression on this platform are based on the medical explanatory model of depression and are highly medicalized. The paper contributes to studies of mental health discourse reception across cultures and media, as well as the literature on depression representations.

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‘What eating disorders are really like’ - Dynamics of lived experience and repetitive aesthetics on TikTok

Benzel,

Johanssen,

Nadj

et al. 2024

International Journal of Cultural Studies

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This article presents a detailed qualitative content analysis of eating disorder and recovery videos on TikTok which show young women who proclaim to raise awareness or depict the recovery process. We pay particular attention to aspects of form and content and TikTok's affordances in relation to them. We argue that allegedly showing what an eating disorder and recovery are ‘really like’ is in tension with an aestheticisation of the female body and eating disorders that is present in the videos. While TikTok has been described by scholars as a memetic and viral platform, this aestheticisation points to a tension of authentic self-expression, complexities around body image and memetic visibility. We conclude that the platform is characterised by repetition and imitation, but those aspects are secondary as they relate to struggles linked to eating disorders themselves and their representation rather than primary virality or the memetic.

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Self-representations of the experience of anorexia on YouTube: The joint influence of the explanatory model and the web platform

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Exploring YouTube Videos About Anorexia Nervosa on the Basis of Reliability, Popularity, and Contributions of Healthcare Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Study

Exploring YouTube Videos About Anorexia Nervosa on the Basis of Reliability, Popularity, and Contributions of Healthcare Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Study

Depression representations on the most popular Russian-language YouTube channels

‘What eating disorders are really like’ - Dynamics of lived experience and repetitive aesthetics on TikTok

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