Author ORCID Identifier
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-3-2020
Publication Title
Southern Communication Journal
Volume
85
Issue
4
First Page
231
Last Page
243
DOI
https://doi-org.leo.lib.unomaha.edu/10.1080/1041794X.2020.1798494
Abstract
This study analyzed the self-disclosure of YouTube subscribers surrounding mental health and their relationship with YouTube gamer co-hosts Dan Avidan and Arin Hanson of the channel Game Grumps. Via 10 subscriber interviews, this study sheds light on viewers’ motivations to subscribe to Game Grumps and to self-disclose mental-health struggles and what the implications for disclosing on YouTube are. Results revealed two overarching motivations and implications that embody mental-health disclosure on social media: (a) subscribers disclose a variety of mental-health experiences and provide the language to “own” them in a public space online and (b) disclosures make visible some subscribers’ coping processes and aim to mobilize others to create their own.
Recommended Citation
Mickles, M. S., & Weare, A. M. (2020). Trying to save the game(r): Understanding the self-disclosure of YouTube subscribers surrounding mental health in video-game vlog comments. Southern Communication Journal, 85(4), 231–243. https://doi-org.leo.lib.unomaha.edu/10.1080/1041794X.2020.1798494
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Comments
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Southern Communication Journal on [August 3, 2020], available online: https://doi-org.leo.lib.unomaha.edu/10.1080/1041794X.2020.1798494