Dr. Pauwke Berkers (ESHCC) and former student Alina Pavlova have published two articles about mental health in relation to social media. The articles are published on Taylor & Francis Online and ScienceDirect.
The article ”Mental Health” as Defined by Twitter: Frames, Emotions, Stigma” highlights various aspects of online mental health discourse. In the article”Mental health discourse and social media: Which mechanisms of cultural power drive discourse” Berkers and Pavlova focus on two main reasons to clarify the difficulties in raising awareness and de-stigmatizing mental health.
Read the articles:
- “Mental Health” as Defined by Twitter: Frames, Emotions, Stigma on Taylor & Francis Online
- Mental health discourse and social media: Which mechanisms of cultural power drive discourse on Twitter on ScienceDirect