Citation

Macaraan WER. Am. J. Men. Health 2022; 16(6): e15579883221144505.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/15579883221144505

PMID

36537027

Abstract

In an earlier published article, the authors acknowledged that amid the stress brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, it is important for men to maintain a healthy social connectedness as a coping strategy (Wilson et al., 2022). Due to restrictions relative to the pandemic, the main viable means of social connection has been through digital communication and that has a correlative effect to increased screen time exposure, which, as pointed out by the authors, has been associated with stress and depression. But they further qualified that the nature of online engagement matters more than the length of screen time.
In a recent global report, Filipinos, next to South Africans, are considered to spend the most amount of time on the internet among the nations in the world with an average of 10 hours and 27 minutes a day (Kemp, 2022). Keeping in touch with families and friends is listed as one of the main reasons for staying online, particularly during lockdowns and restrictions associated with the Covid-19 situation. For many Filipinos, their usual drinking spree and sorties with friends have been hugely impacted by those lockdowns but alternatively found a way to remain connected at home by resorting to online drinking sessions and virtual parties. Locally referred to as "online inuman" or "e-numan," where "inuman" is the Filipino word for "drinking session," groups of friends organized an online meet-up over bottles of wine or beer. Except for a few occasions, the main objective is not to intoxicate oneself but to socially engage oneself with buddies within the comfort of one's abode...

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Alcohol Drinking; Ethanol; *Social Media