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Non-Suicidal Self Injury and Social Media
Kealagh Robinson & A/Prof Marc Wilson
Slide2
Social Media Usage among Teenagers
95% of all teenagers are online
81% use some kind of social media
A third of teenagers exchange messages daily on social network sites
Slide3
Function of the Internet
Identity and Connection:
Online communication creates place for personal bonding and anonymous disclosure.
(
Bargh
,
Mckenna
& Fitzsimons, 2002)
Teenagers who self-injure say that online they
- Obtain support
- Express themselves freely
- Feel safe to do so due to anonymity and privacy.
(Murray & Fox, 2006).
Slide4
Engaging Online: Photographic Sites
(Baker & Lewis, 2013)
Positive Perspective:
Show bad it can get
Creates a place of support
Looking at the photos can reduce the impulse
..”Seeing
these pictures gives
me a release and sense of calm: it
curbs my urges to cut. Also, knowing
that I’m not alone in this is
comforting…”
Slide5
Engaging Online: Photographic Sites
(Baker & Lewis, 2013)
Negative
Perspective:
Social irresponsible
Triggers viewers
Creates
a competitionNormalises self injuryGlamorises self injury
..”
It seems as though people are
trying to
make art out of it and
deepening a
connection with it.. . . Aren’t
you concerned
people will fall into
the romance
of it?
Slide6
Engaging Online: Videos
Analyzed the most popular 50 character videos & 50 non-character videos.
80% accessible to general audiences.
Explicit representation of self-injury
- 90% of non-character videos had graphic photographs
- 28% of character videos had in-action self-injury
(Lewis, Heath, Denis & Nobel,2011)
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(Lewis & Baker, 2011)
Examined the comments on the 100 most popular self-injury videos.
Global comments:
38% self-disclosed a personal history of self-injury
17% admired the message
15% admired the uploader11% offered encouragementRecovery themed comments:Very few positive comments. 43% did not mention recovery and 34% indicated that they were still self-injuring.
Reception of Videos
Slide8
(Duggan, Heath, Lewis & Baxter 2012)
Informal and Professional Support Websites
Informal Websites:
Range of triggering content
Accessed more often
Often hosted by Facebook & other social media websites
Themes of hopelessness, desperation and encouragement
Professional Websites:
Don’t post graphic images
Separate NSSI and suicidality
Themes of recovery and support
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Issue of Contagion
Individual differences
in
susceptibility
(Aral & Walker, 2012)
Self reports of hearing about self injury
(Hodgson, 2004)
Some evidence in certain samples
(
Hodgson, 2004)
Slide10
“
prohibit
[posts promoting self-harm],
as a statement against the very ideas of self-harm that they are
advancing”
“Online dialogue about these acts and conditions is incredibly important; this prohibition is intended to reach only those blogs that cross the line into active promotion or glorification”
