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Using Twitter-Based Data for Sexual Violence Research: Scoping Review
Jia Xue1,2, Bolun Zhang2, Qiaoru Zhang3
1Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Journal of Medical Internet Research
|May 15, 2023
Summary
This review shows Twitter data can be used for sexual violence research, analyzing millions of tweets. Future research should focus on methods, ethics, and multilingual analysis for better insights.
Area of Science:
- Social Sciences
- Computer Science
- Public Health
Background:
- Traditional sexual violence research relies on interviews, administrative data, and surveys.
- Utilizing Twitter as a data source for sexual violence research is an emerging and under-explored field.
Purpose of the Study:
- To conduct a scoping review of literature on using Twitter data for sexual violence research.
- To evaluate the validity of methodologies, and discuss implications and limitations of current studies.
Main Methods:
- A comprehensive literature search was conducted across six databases in April 2022.
- 121 empirical studies analyzing Twitter data (tweets or metadata) on sexual violence were selected and coded.
- Inclusion criteria focused on empirical research, sexual violence, Twitter data analysis, and English text.
Main Results:
- The majority of studies (73.6%) were published after 2018, analyzing over 79 million tweets.
- Content text analysis (92.5%) and sentiment analysis (25.6%) were primary methods, with hashtags being the most used metadata (85.1%).
- Only 10.7% of studies addressed ethical considerations.
Conclusions:
- This review outlines the current landscape of Twitter data use in sexual violence research and proposes a new data source taxonomy.
- Recommendations include developing robust data collection/analysis methods, addressing ethical concerns, and exploring multilingual and decontextualized data.
- The study highlights the significant potential of Twitter data for advancing sexual violence research.
Keywords:
TwitterTwitter dataabusedata analysisdata collectiondomestic violencepublic healthreview methodscoping reviewsexual assaultsexual violencesocial mediaviolencewomen’s healthMore Related Videos
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