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Journal of Social Media Research (JSOMER) (ISSN: 3062-0945) is a multidisciplinary, blind peer-reviewed, open access, free-of-charge, international scientific academic journal published four times a year (Marc, June, September, December) focusing on the social, cultural, educational, psychological, economic, technological, and sociological dimensions of social media. JSOMER is an interdisciplinary journal with a broad scope that includes social sciences, humanities, arts, health, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, computational social sciences, artificial intelligence, and natural sciences, focusing on, or related to social media. View full journal description

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Vol. 2 No. 5 (2025): Special Issue: Social Media and Mental Health
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The countries of the authors contributed to this issue (in alphabetical order):

Belgium, Hong Kong, Italy, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, and USA

Published: 23.12.2025

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Editorial

  • Special Issue: Social Media and Mental Health

    Julia Brailovskaia, Chung-Ying Lin, Servet Üztemur
    332-337
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/jsomer.89

Original (Research) Article

  • Social media platforms as enablers of college students’ experiences of cyber abuse

    Lauren R. Shapiro, Angela M. Crossman
    338-365
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/jsomer.48

  • Psychiatric trainees’ perspectives on patients’ social media use: A survey study

    Victoria Lenihan, MD, Edwina Awuku-Aboagye, Jason Straub, Sarah Collica
    366-375
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/jsomer.54

  • Unregulated gambling on social media platforms exacerbates risk of problem gambling in a large national sample

    Michael Sofis, Mackenzie Slade, Ari Kirshenbaum
    376-387
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/jsomer.58

  • I have so much FoMO! An exploration into psychological variables influencing fear of missing out and Snapchat intensity

    Deya Roy
    388-399
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/jsomer.46

  • Milestones and mindsets: how social media shapes young adults’ expectations and emotional well-being

    Romilly O'Connell, Neil Anthony Daruwala
    400-415
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/jsomer.56

  • Social media envy scale: a Turkish adaptation, validity, and reliability study

    Nail Değirmenci, Femke Geusens, Kamolthip Ruckwongpatr, Po-Ching Huang, Fatma Ongur, Ufuk Güneş, Nihat Şimşek, Ali Gökalp
    416-424
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/jsomer.74

  • The relationship between election-related social media activism and college students’ negative future expectancy

    Zoe Waller, Ammie G. Yu, Kamryn M. Kadotani, Samantha L. McMichael, Virginia S. Y. Kwan
    425-434
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/jsomer.82

Review Article

  • TikTok narratives of global social anxieties: FoMO, FoBO and fear of being seen

    Marica Castaldi
    435-443
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/jsomer.66
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