‘It shows me mental health things … and keeps spamming diets’: a qualitative, spatial perspective on how people with eating disorders experience algorithms shaping their movement across social media
The findings suggest that participants recovering from EDs often sought to steer themselves towards social media spaces that enhanced their well-being, but algorithms frequently complicated these journeys, which merits further attention in research, practice and policy.
Authors
- Anna Kirsten Brown
- Helen Malson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5176-9387)
- Paula Saukko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7614-0091)
Institutions
- Loughborough University (GB)
- University of the West of England (GB)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Eating Disorders
- Published
- 2026-01-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-025-01514-5
- Primary Topic
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00