Pro-eating disorder communities modify hashtag terms to perpetuate the movement

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The Daily Dot wrote about Munmun De Choudhury and the other researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology spent the last few months doing a first-of-its-kind analysis of hashtags used by people boasting and encouraging eating disorders. 

Read the full article here: http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/instagram-pro-eating-disorder/

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  • Created By: Meghana Melkote
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Mar 16, 2016 - 2:06pm
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 10:28pm