Hashtagging depression on Instagram: Towards a more inclusive mental health research methodology
Abstract
Heavily used hashtags on Instagram and other platforms can indicate extensive public engagement with issues, events or collective experiences. This article extends existing research methods to paint a fuller picture of how people engage collectively with public issues online. Focussing on Instagram content often deemed ‘problematic’, we develop and test what we call a ‘hashtag practice’ approach. This approach targets the hashtag #depressed, and...
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Title
Hashtagging depression on Instagram: Towards a more inclusive mental health research methodology
Published Date
May 16, 2020
Journal
Volume
23
Issue
7
Pages
1899 - 1919
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