1st Edition
Young People, Social Media and Health
250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781351026987, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license The pervasiveness of social media in young people’s lives is widely acknowledged, yet there is little evidence-based understanding of the impacts of social media on young people’s... Read more
List of figures List of tables Notes on contributors Foreword BRETT SMITH Preface 1 What young people tell us about health-related social media and why we should listen Victoria A. Goodyear and Kathleen M. Armour Part I Case studies of young people’s engagement with health-related social media 2 Kelly: automatically sourced social media content Victoria A. Goodyear, Hannah Wood, and Kathleen M. Armour 3 Yaz: suggested or recommended social media content Victoria A. Goodyear, Hannah Wood, and Kathleen M. Armour 4 Leah: peer content Victoria A. Goodyear, Hannah Wood, and Kathleen M. Armour 5 James: likes Victoria A. Goodyear, Hannah Wood, and Kathleen M. Armour 6 Jess: reputable content Victoria A. Goodyear, Hannah Wood, and Kathleen M. Armour 7 Young people’s recommendations and actions for schools/teachers, parents/guardians, and social media companies Victoria A. Goodyear, Hannah Wood, and Kathleen M. Armour Part II Disciplinary analysis of young people’s engagement with health-related social media 8 Social media as a health resource: a salutogenic perspective Mikael Quennerstedt 9 School physical education and learning about health: pedagogical strategies for using social media David Kirk 10 Young people, social media, and disordered eating Anthony Papathomas, Hannah J. White, and Carolyn R. Plateau 11 Space, place, and identity: new pressures in the lives of young people Rachel Sandford and Thomas Quarmby 12 Young people and public pedagogies of the body within social media Emma Rich 13 The role of social media in developing young people’s health literacy Dean A. Dudley, Penny Van Bergen, Anne Mcmaugh, and Erin Mackenzie 14 The role of internet memes in shaping young people’s health-related social media interactions Ashley Casey 15 Young people, social media, and digital democracy: towards a participatory foundation for health and physical education’s engagement with digital technologies Eimear Enright and Michael Gard Part III Evidence-based guidelines, recommendations, and actions 16 Right message, right time: how adults can support young people’s engagement with health-relatedsocial media 195 Victoria A. Goodyear and Kathleen M. Armour 17 Young people, social media, physical activity, and health: final thoughts on the work, the present, and the future Lorraine Cale Index
Biography
Victoria A. Goodyear is a Lecturer in Pedagogy in the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK.
Kathleen M. Armour is Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) and the academic lead for the Higher Education Futures institute (HEFi), University of Birmingham, UK.
Overall, this book signals a vital step towards unpicking the complex relationship between young people, social media and health. It is a valuable resource for a variety of stakeholders, including policy makers, researchers and health/education practitioners.
Jo Hickman Dunne - Loughborough University
