A social media network analysis of trypophobia communication
Abstract Trypophobia has attracted scientific attention in recent years. Few related studies have recruited participants using online methods, and even less is known about health communication in an environment where trypophobia was first widely discussed (i.e., the Internet). This study describes c...
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| author | Xanat Vargas Meza Shinichi Koyama |
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| description | Abstract Trypophobia has attracted scientific attention in recent years. Few related studies have recruited participants using online methods, and even less is known about health communication in an environment where trypophobia was first widely discussed (i.e., the Internet). This study describes communication patterns in a Facebook group for trypophobia by detecting frequent topics, top contributors, and their discourses. We identified key commenters and performed word frequency analysis, word co-occurrence analysis, topic modeling, and content analysis. Impactful users posted and replied more often when discussing peer-reviewed science. Triggering content was actively removed by the group administrators. A wide variety of triggers not discussed in trypophobia-related literature were frequently mentioned. However, there was a lack of discussion on peer-reviewed treatments. The combination of a few expert and many supportive amateur gatekeepers willing to understand trypophobia, along with active monitoring by administrators, might contribute to in-group trust and the sharing of peer-reviewed science by top users of the trypophobia Facebook group. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1edde90d69134ce6a76a7dfd6f3108a32022-12-22T04:18:47ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222022-12-0112111010.1038/s41598-022-25301-3A social media network analysis of trypophobia communicationXanat Vargas Meza0Shinichi Koyama1Faculty of Library, Information and Media Sciences, University of TsukubaFaculty of Art and Design, University of TsukubaAbstract Trypophobia has attracted scientific attention in recent years. Few related studies have recruited participants using online methods, and even less is known about health communication in an environment where trypophobia was first widely discussed (i.e., the Internet). This study describes communication patterns in a Facebook group for trypophobia by detecting frequent topics, top contributors, and their discourses. We identified key commenters and performed word frequency analysis, word co-occurrence analysis, topic modeling, and content analysis. Impactful users posted and replied more often when discussing peer-reviewed science. Triggering content was actively removed by the group administrators. A wide variety of triggers not discussed in trypophobia-related literature were frequently mentioned. However, there was a lack of discussion on peer-reviewed treatments. The combination of a few expert and many supportive amateur gatekeepers willing to understand trypophobia, along with active monitoring by administrators, might contribute to in-group trust and the sharing of peer-reviewed science by top users of the trypophobia Facebook group.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25301-3 |
| spellingShingle | Xanat Vargas Meza Shinichi Koyama A social media network analysis of trypophobia communication Scientific Reports |
| title | A social media network analysis of trypophobia communication |
| title_full | A social media network analysis of trypophobia communication |
| title_fullStr | A social media network analysis of trypophobia communication |
| title_full_unstemmed | A social media network analysis of trypophobia communication |
| title_short | A social media network analysis of trypophobia communication |
| title_sort | social media network analysis of trypophobia communication |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25301-3 |
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