National Eating Disorders Association conducts a NEDAwareness week every year, during which it publishes content on social media and news aimed to raise awareness of eating disorders. Measuring the impact of these actions is vital for maximizing the effectiveness of such interventions. This paper is an effort to model the change in behavior of users who engage with NEDAwareness content. We find that, despite popular influencers being involved in the campaign, it is governmental and nonprofit accounts that attract the most retweets. Furthermore, examining the tweeting language of users engaged with this content, we find linguistic categories concerning women, family, and anxiety to be mentioned more within the 15 days after the intervention, and categories concerning affiliation, references to others, and positive emotion mentioned less. We conclude with actionable implications for future campaigns and discussion of the method's limitations.
翻译:全国饮食紊乱协会每年举办NEDA意识周,其间在社交媒体和新闻上发表内容,以提高对饮食紊乱的认识;衡量这些行动的影响对于最大限度地提高此类干预措施的效力至关重要;本文件旨在模拟参与NEDA意识内容的用户的行为变化;我们发现,尽管受公众影响者参与了这一运动,但吸引最多注意力的是政府账户和非盈利账户;此外,在审查参与这一内容的用户的推特语言时,我们发现在干预后15天内更多提及有关妇女、家庭和焦虑的语言类别,以及在从属关系、提及他人和较少提及的积极情感的类别;我们最后指出,对未来运动和对方法限制的讨论具有可采取行动的影响。