Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Wisniewki on her co-authorship of an extended abstract, recently published in the Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFES) Society Annual Meeting, Volume 63. The abstract, titled “An Investigation on the Portrayal of Blue Whale Challenge on YouTube and Twitter” describes a study which examines the Blue Whale Challenge, a social media phenomenon which encouraged self-harm. Through content analysis and qualitative research techniques, this work analyzes the the portrayal of the Blue Whale Challenge on social media, in order to identify the themes presented on YouTube and Twitter posts.
We are very proud of Dr. Wisniewski and her continuing work on adolescent online safety!
HFES Abstract