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Social Media and Alcohol: Summary of Research, Intervention Ideas and Future Study Directions
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Abstract: Alcohol content is frequently displayed on social media through both user-generated posts and advertisements. Previous work supports that alcohol content on social media is influential and often associated with offline behaviors for adolescents and young adults. Social media may have a role in future alcohol intervention efforts including identifying those at risk or providing timely prevention messages. Future intervention efforts may benefit from an affordance approach rather than focusing on a single platform.
Keywords: adolescents; alcohol; college students; Facebook; social media; young adults
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