Examining the Self-Harm and Suicide Contagion Effects of the Blue Whale Challenge on YouTube and Twitter: Qualitative Study

Amro Khasawneh   ¹ , PhD ;   Kapil Chalil Madathil   ^{2, 3} , PhD ;   Emma Dixon   ⁴ , BSc ;   Pamela Wiśniewski   ⁵ , PhD ;   Heidi Zinzow   ⁶ , PhD ;   Rebecca Roth   ⁶ , BSc

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States

² Glenn Department of Civil Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States

³ Department of Industrial Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States

⁴ College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, United States

⁵ Department of Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States

⁶ Department of Psychology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States