Using Twitter-Based Data for Sexual Violence Research: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Scholars have used data from in-person interviews, administrative systems, and surveys for sexual violence research. Using Twitter as a data source for examining the nature of sexual violence is a relatively new and underexplored area of study.

Objective

We aimed to perform a scoping review of the current literature on using Twitter data for researching sexual violence, elaborate on the validity of the methods, and discuss the implications and limitations of existing studies.

Methods

We performed a literature search in the following 6 databases: APA PsycInfo (Ovid), Scopus, PubMed, International Bibliography of Social Sciences (ProQuest), Criminal Justice Abstracts (EBSCO), and Communications Abstracts (EBSCO), in April 2022. The initial search identified 3

SUBMITTER: Xue J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10227696 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature