| dc.contributor.author | Lundvall, Jaqueline | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bergius, Malin | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-06T12:50:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-02-06T12:50:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-02-06 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2077/55275 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The act of engaging in online communities on social media has become rather
usual. Individuals diagnosed with mental illnesses such as anorexia nervosa that
take part of said online communities do so with the aim to communicate with likeminded,
allowing them to both to express thoughts as well as receive point of
views expressed by others. This qualitative study aims to observe the substance of
posts and interactions within this recovery community, to recognize strategies
used by the individuals intending to demonstrate their membership of the
community. Furthermore we aim to gain circumstantial understanding regarding
the effects caused by being a member. A netnographic approach was applied to an
assortment of 100 posts that were selected from 20 different Instagram accounts
belonging to swedish women at the age of 15-22 years, all openly discussing their
diagnosed anorexia nervosa. A content analysis was thereafter conducted on the
posts and the interaction amongst the members of the community. The study
showed that the individuals were giving off expressions of experiencing being
worthy or not being worthy the diagnosis anorexia nervosa. Expressions of that
kind were distinguished in both attempts to emphasize eating disorder symptoms
as well as attempts to guide the other members in their recovery. These findings
suggest that social media activity such as engaging in communities of this sort can
bring about a variety of effects to the individuals committed to the community.
The individuals are creating a social identity based on features distinguishing the
group, which is defined by recovery engagement. However, the membership of
the community first and foremost requires a social identity constituted by an
illness identity. Therefore we suggest that, engagement in these communities
might cause individuals to maintain the eating disorder, due to these individuals’
indications of desired belonging of the community. | sv |
| dc.language.iso | swe | sv |
| dc.subject | Anorexia nervosa, Instagram, recovery, social identity, community | sv |
| dc.title | #EATINGDISORDERFAMILY En netnografisk studie om anorexia nervosa och Instagram som forum för recovery | sv |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dc.setspec.uppsok | SocialBehaviourLaw | |
| dc.type.uppsok | M2 | |
| dc.contributor.department | Göteborg University/Department of Social Work | eng |
| dc.contributor.department | Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete | swe |
| dc.type.degree | Student essay | |
