Sex Workers' Lived Experiences With COVID-19 on Social Media: Content Analysis of Twitter Posts.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to various inequalities in global societies, highlighting discrepancies in terms of safety, accessibility, and overall health. In particular, sex workers are disproportionately at risk due to the nature of their work and the social stigma that comes alongside it.

Objective

This study examines how public social media can be used as a tool of professional and personal expression by sex workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to explore an underresearched topic by focusing on sex workers' experiences with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the social media platform Twitter. In particular, we aimed to find the main issues that sex workers discuss on social media in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Al-Rawi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9285671 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature