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. 2018 Feb 15;5(1):e14. doi: 10.2196/mental.9120

Table 3.

Content themes of the 1876 campaign-related tweets. Data source: Original content tweets.

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)