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Associations between social media use and loneliness in a cross-national population: Do motives for social media use matter?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: We aimed to examine the association between social media use and loneliness two years after the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Methods: Participants were 1649 adults who completed a cross-sectional online survey ... -
“Dangerous Individuals”: Erasing or enhancing genocidal perpetrators in social media GIFs
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)What role do user-generated GIFs (Graphics Interchange Format) have in social media and how do they contribute to distorted representations of genocides? This article analyses the availability of GIFs in Facebook Messenger ... -
Mental health, quality of life, wellbeing, loneliness and use of social media in a time of social distancing during the COVID-19 outbreak. A cross-country comparative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: The COVID-19 outbreak raised questions about how people experience their mental health, quality of life (QoL), wellbeing and loneliness in the context of social distancing, and the use of social media during ... -
Negative social media-related experiences and lower general self-efficacy are associated with depressive symptoms in adolescents
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Social media are an integral part of adolescents’ daily lives, and reviews have suggested an overall small association between more social media use and mental health problems. However, researchers have commonly investigated ... -
Patterns of social media use across age groups during the COVID-19 pandemic: a study across four countries
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The aim of this study was to examine patterns of social media use across age groups in four countries (Norway, USA, UK, and Australia) two years after the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, and whether types of use and time spent ... -
Perceptions of social media challenges and benefits during the Covid-19 pandemic: Qualitative findings from a cross sectional international survey
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in January 2020 the need for rapid information spread grew and social media became the ultimate platform for information exchange as well as a tool for connection and entertainment. ... -
Scandinavian nurses’ use of social media during the COVID-19 pandemic—A Berger and Luckman inspired analysis of a qualitative interview study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)There is a knowledge gap about nurses’ use of social media in relation to and during the COVID-19 pandemic, which demands the upholding of a physical distance to other people, including patients and their relatives. The ... -
Social media use and its associations with mental health nine months after the COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-national study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: The covid-19 pandemic has impacted the health and well-being of millions across the globe. Strict social distancing policies and periodic lockdowns has led to an increased reliance on alternative online means ... -
Time trends in self-reported depressive symptoms, prescription of antidepressants, sedatives and hypnotics and the emergence of social media among Norwegian adolescents
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: Research has shown increased mental health problems and use of prescription drugs among adolescents in recent years and social media use has been linked to poorer mental health. However, trend studies concerning ...