Broadcasting Self-Injury for Change: Exploring the Presentation of Advocacy Strategies on YouTube
Broadcasting Self-Injury for Change: Exploring the Presentation of Advocacy Strategies on YouTube
Fiona J. Stirling Stephen P. Lewis a Abertay University, Dundee, UKb University of Guelph, Guelph, CanadaFiona J. Stirling is a practicing therapist and a lecturer in Counselling at Abertay University, Scotland. Coming from a background in Social Anthropology, with further qualifications in Education, Psychology, and Youth and Childhood, Fiona is passionate about building collaborative relationships to explore topics of mental health in new ways. Her own lived experience of mental health issues and self-injury increasingly inform both her research and therapeutic practice.Stephen P. Lewis is an academic based at the University of Guelph, Canada. His research program examines non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and related mental health difficulties among youth and emerging adults. Central to his research approach is the use of the Internet as a research platform and outreach tool. In this regard, his research investigates: a) online NSSI communication, b) ways to increase youth’s access to online NSSI resources, c) NSSI recovery experiences, and d) ways to enhance knowledge and training of those who can support youth who struggle with NSSI and other mental health difficulties.