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Global perspectives on health communication in the age of social media / Seif Sekalala and Brandon C. Niezgoda, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sekalala, Seif, author.
- Series:
- Advances in healthcare information systems and administration (AHISA) book series.
- Advances in Healthcare Information Systems and Administration (AHISA) Book Series, 2328-126X
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communication in medicine.
- Self-help groups.
- Social media.
- Health Communication.
- Self-Help Groups.
- Social Media.
- Medical Subjects:
- Health Communication.
- Self-Help Groups.
- Social Media.
- Physical Description:
- 21 PDFs (xxiii, 348 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Hershey, Pennsylvania : Medical Information Science Reference, 2018.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- "This book presents research findings related to the dynamics of discussions, narratives, discourses, controversies, and news about illness, and pain & suffering as witnessed in a variety of patient populations--i.e. via age, race, specific disease etc. It also focuses on the experiences of caretakers, who necessarily share in the distress of patients"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Section 1. Introduction: a theoretical and empirical overview of contemporary online health communities. Chapter 1. Online social support groups/communities: implications of theoretical and empirical findings for individuals coping with health concerns
- Section 2. International perspectives: four case studies showcasing international communities of practice online. Chapter 2. Cyber-moms facing motherhood: holding functions and regressive movements in parenting websites ; Chapter 3. Analyzing online social support within the type 1 diabetes community ; Chapter 4. Social support through digital media?: breast cancer groups at facebook ; Chapter 5. Insight into sub-Saharan African discussions of anxiety and depression online
- Section 3. Rethinking the current paradigm: analyzing individual/collective agency in a technologically mediated society. Chapter 6. Lonely typers at midnight: investigating the quandaries of millennial illness through digital ethnography of Reddit ; Chapter 7. Sharing your personal medical experience online: is it an irresponsible act or patient empowerment? ; Chapter 8. Social media for mental health initiatives.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781522537175
- 1522537171
- OCLC:
- 1020554909
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