How social media data are being used to research the experience of mourning: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasingly, people are using social media (SM) to express grief, and researchers are using this data to investigate the phenomenon of mourning. As this research progresses, it is important to understand how studies are being conducted and how authors are approaching ethical challenges related to SM data.

Objective

The aim of this review was to explore how SM data are being used to research experiences of mourning through the following questions: a) 'Which topics related to mourning are being studied?'; b) 'What study designs have been used to analyse SM data'; c) 'What type of data (natural or generated) have been used?'; and d) 'How are ethical decisions being considered?'.

Methods

The JBI Scoping Review methodology guided this review. Eligibility criter

SUBMITTER: Spiti JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9307163 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature