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dc.contributor.authorDuncan, Tristan
dc.contributor.authorSebar, Bernadette
dc.contributor.authorLee, Jessica
dc.contributor.editorAustralian and New Zealand Mental Health Association
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-17T12:00:44Z
dc.date.available2017-11-17T12:00:44Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.refurihttp://eatingdisordersaustralia.org.au/program/program14.html
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/67943
dc.description.abstractThe following study sought to qualitatively explore the function of media-based social networking services for individuals with eating disorders. Data was collected via naturalistic observation of publicly available user profiles located on the popular social networking service, Instagram. Theoretical sampling dictated a final sample size of 15 user profiles, encompassing a total data set of 750 image posts, 696 image captions and 2679 comments. Strauss and Corbin's analytic procedure revealed the capacity for social networking to empower those with eating disorders to transcend the socio-cultural barriers that repress their identity and to assist users in finding alternative means of managing an important, yet marginalised, component of the self. Through these channels, one's eating disorder identity can be effectively expressed, validated and projected in a virtual community built upon, and embracing of eating disorders. Whilst social networking is predicted to increase the salience of one's eating disorder identity for those struggling with their illness, these services offer access to support, understanding and therapeutic opportunities for disclosure which may be unavailable in the offline world. There is a need to further explore the influence of social networking for those with eating disorders and how these services may be adapted as tools for health promoting activities.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherAustralia Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttps://anzmh.asn.au/
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationY
dc.relation.ispartofconferencenameEating Disorders and Obesity 2014: a shared approach: assessment, prevention and treatment
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleEating Disorders and Obesity Conference.
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2014-05-26
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2014-05-27
dc.relation.ispartoflocationGold Coast, Australia
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMedical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode119999
dc.title"Instagram is my only world": exploring the function of media-based social networking services for individuals with eating disorders
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE1 - Conferences
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Medicine
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorSebar, Bernadette M.
gro.griffith.authorDuncan, Tristan K.
gro.griffith.authorLee, Jessica


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