Table 3.
Theme | Description | Tweet count n (%) |
Retweet n (%) |
Original tweet n (%) |
|
Expressing emotions | Tweets that include topics such as speaking up, opening up, talking about uncomfortable issues, breaking down stigma, and crying | 710 (100.0) | 550 (77.5) | 160 (22.5) | |
Mental health issues | |||||
Mental health | Tweets that indicate mental health, depression, or posttraumatic stress disorder, or include materials and links that discuss these topics, or use the hashtag mental health | 410 (100.0) | 300 (73.2) | 110 (26.8) | |
Suicide | Tweets that indicate suicide or suicide prevention, or include materials and links to sites that discuss these topics, or use the hashtag suicide | 182 (100.0) | 140 (76.9) | 42 (23.1) | |
Men’s issues | |||||
Being a man | Tweets that discuss the concept of masculinity or challenge the concept of masculinity | 165 (100.0) | 125 (75.8) | 40 (24.2) | |
Fathering and raising boys | Tweets that encourage discussion about what it means to be a father and raising boys | 82 (100) | 63 (77) | 19 (23) | |
Help-seeking | |||||
Providing options for help | Tweets that provide information on help services and encourage their use | 165 (100.0) | 147 (89.1) | 18 (10.9) | |
Help-seeking other | Tweets mentioning other content on help-seeking (ie, not about providing options for help) | 96 (100) | 79 (82) | 17 (18) | |
Personal stories | Tweets relating personal stories, written in the individual’s own voice, and revealing detail about the person (not commentaries or statements) | 101 (100) | 61 (60) | 40 (40) | |
Supporting others | Tweets about providing support to others, support options and general advice | 78 (100) | 63 (81) | 15 (19) |