Social Media and Selfie-Related Mortality Amid COVID-19: Interrupted Time Series Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 had a considerable impact on mortality, but its effect on behaviors associated with social media remains unclear. As travel decreased due to lockdowns during the pandemic, selfie-related mortality may have decreased, as fewer individuals were taking smartphone photographs in risky locations.

Objective

In this study, we examined the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on trends in selfie-related mortality.

Methods

We identified fatal selfie-related injuries reported in web-based news reports worldwide between March 2014 and April 2021, including the deaths of individuals attempting a selfie photograph or anyone else present during the incident. The main outcome measure was the total number of selfie-related deaths per month. We used interrupted time ser

SUBMITTER: Kang-Auger S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10521909 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature