Authors: A Meythaler
Year: 2025
Published in: 2025 - scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu
Institution: University of Potsdam, Weizenbaum Institute
Research Area: Social Media, Anxiety, Qualitative Research, Computational Social Science
Discipline: Psychological Science, Computational Social Science
The study identifies six categories of social media content—negative news, incivility, social comparison content, political content, misinformation, and depictions of dangerous behavior—as triggers for anxiety among users.
Methods: A qualitative study was conducted using interviews or focus groups with 249 social media users to explore the effects of different content types on anxiety.
Key Findings: The role of specific social media content categories in inducing feelings of anxiety.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24251/HICSS.2025.334
Citations: 4
Sample Size: 249
