Mukbang and Disordered Eating
A Netnographic Analysis of Online Eating Broadcasts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18930719 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mattias Strand (0000-0003-4799-0737, Stockholm County Council, corresponding author), Sanna Aila Gustafsson (0000-0003-1460-4238, Örebro University) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 586-609 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture Medicine and Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0165-005X • E-ISSN: 1573-076X |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11013-020-09674-6 |
| PMID | 32277331 |
| OpenAlex | W3015275877 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 36 |
Mukbang is a recent Internet phenomenon in which video recordings of hosts eating large amounts of food are streamed on an online video platform. It originated in South Korea around 2014 and has since become a global trend. The aim of this study was to explore how viewers of mukbang videos relate their audience experiences to symptoms of disordered eating. A qualitative analysis of YouTube comments and Reddit posts on the topic of mukbang and disordered eating was performed, employing a netnographic approach. Two overarching themes were identified: a viewer perspective, by which users discuss mukbang without describing any personal involvement, and a participant perspective, by which users describe their own experiences of affects and behaviors in response to watching mukbang. Several topical categories emerged, describing how watching mukbang can both limit and increase eating, reduce loneliness and guilt, and become self-destructive. For some, mukbang appears to be a constructive tool in increasing food intake, preventing binge eating, or reducing loneliness; for others, it is clearly a destructive force that may motivate restrictive eating or trigger a relapse into loss-of-control eating. Notably, watching mukbang is not necessarily experienced as either helpful or destructive, but instead as simultaneously useful and hurtful
Binge eating · Constructive · Disordered eating · Eating disorders · Internet privacy · Loneliness · Netnography · Phenomenon · Qualitative research · Social media · Sociology · The Internet · World Wide Web · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Psychology · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
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| Citations per year | 4.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |