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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2020 Oct 15;8(5):1322–1331. doi: 10.1007/s40615-020-00894-5

Table 3.

Categories with Themes

Twitter users’ lived experience
with content about race and
racism on the platform		 Perceptions of health and well-
being associated with
discussions about race and
racism on Twitter		 Twitter users’ engagement with
content about race and
racism on the platform

  • Overt and subtle expressions of racism

  • Depiction of different racial and ethnic groups

  • Echo chamber

  • Emboldened anonymity meets collective calibration

  • Trump on Twitter

  • Negative emotions

  • Desensitization

  • Cumulative toll

  • Mental health

  • Physical health

  • Curating feed

  • Active engagement

  • Reducing use