aceCan platform literacy protect vulnerable young people against the risky affordances of social media platforms?
A qualitative study of young people with mental health difficulties sought to understand their digital experiences and identify whether their digital literacy helps them cope with online problems. The findings reveal how young people’s encounters with extreme online risk are amplified by platforms’ promotion of trending and viral content and intensified through the personalisation of content that can ‘trigger’ individual vulnerabilities. We conceptualise these twin processes in terms of risky affordances and sho…
Young people with mental health difficulties faced amplified online risks from viral content and recommendations; their platform literacy led to hypervigilance and self-blame without preventing harm.
Findings are bounded to a qualitative study of young people with mental health difficulties and may not generalize; self-blame persisted when coping failed and authors note need for systemic support beyond individual literacy.
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- Peer-reviewedInformation, Communication & Society2025-06-20
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Truvace Impact Record TRV-2026-0512, v2: “Can platform literacy protect vulnerable young people against the risky affordances of social media platforms?.” Truvace, 2026-10-26. /record/TRV-2026-0512 (accessed at citation time). sha256 7f822154dbed2f8c…
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