They do this because online communication holds a sense of anonymity. People with an eating disorder (ED) mainly interact with others who have an ED online. What is it like to be a member of this community? Can it be triggering or even dangerous? Digital ethnography and used data Examples of this can be seen online on platforms such as Twitter.
All these people suffering from such eating disorders form a community. Most people are familiar with anorexia nervosa (characterized by a pathological fear of weight gain leading to faulty eating patterns, malnutrition, and usually excessive weight loss) or bulimia nervosa (characterized by compulsive overeating usually followed by self-induced vomiting or laxative or diuretic abuse).Ī more unfamiliar eating disorder can be binge eating (characterized by recurring episodes of the consumption of large quantities of food in a short period of time) or ‘eating disorder not otherwise specified’. Pro-ana sites are marked as dangerous, but does the same apply to the eating disorder community on social media? Who are these people in the eating disorder communityĪny of a range of psychological disorders characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits can be considered an eating disorder. They are known to communicate with each other on pro-ana sites but are also found on social media. In this article, I will consider them as a social group. People suffering from an eating disorder are usually seen as individuals, with individual problems.
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