Social media and digital technology use among Indigenous young people in Australia: A literature review

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Rice, Emma S ^a,b   Haynes, Emma ^b   Royce, Paul ^b   Thompson, Sandra C ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Australia; Digital technology; Indigenous; Social media; Young people; Youth

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; DATABASE; DIGITIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARKETING; MASS MEDIA; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL MEDIA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA; BULLYING; COMMUNITY CONNECTION; CONTROL; CULTURAL COMPATIBILITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CYBER BULLYING; CYBER RACISM; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY; FAMILY CONNECTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IDENTITY; INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; POWER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT EXCHANGE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL MEDIA USE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

AUSTRALIA;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SOCIAL MEDIA; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84971330689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-016-0366-0     Document Type: Review

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