Content analysis of substance use disorder recovery discourse on Twitter: From personal recovery narratives to marketing of addiction treatment
SUD recovery-related content on Twitter reflected individuals seeking social support during efforts to initiate or maintain recovery. However, these accounts may be met with marketing material from entities that misrepresent their services or promote products based on unsubstantiated claims. Stricter (or enforcement of existing) regulations may be warranted to protect vulnerable SNS platform users from entities seeking to exploit them for financial gain.
Authors
- Danny Valdez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2355-9881)
- John F. Kelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6915-0750)
- Brandon G. Bergman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2427-4738)
- D Litt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8822-7071)
- Alex M. Russell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8182-4057)
- Philip M. Massey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0577-8618)
- Mingxuan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3376-6762)
- Jon‐Patrick Allem
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- The University of Texas at Arlington (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research
- Published
- 2025-02-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.15531
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.77
Funders
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- National Cancer Institute