GPs’ views of health policy changes: a qualitative ‘netnography’ study of UK general practice online magazine commentary

Elvey, Rebecca; Voorhees, Jennifer; Bailey, Simon; Burns, Taylor; Hodgson, Damian

doi:10.3399/bjgp18x696161

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“…We can observe what issues the participants orient to in a genre they co-produce with each other rather than with the researcher. This approach is sometimes referred to as netnographic (Kozinets, 2010) as it treats social media content as a text in the same way as an ethnographer would treat the text produced by their observations (Elvey et al, 2018). Although some netnographies use monologic data to analyse prevailing discourses and attitudes (e.g.…”

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Don’t Work for Free: Online Discursive Resistance to Precarity in Commercial Photography

Patrick

Kranert

2020

Work, Employment and Society

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While increasing academic attention has been paid to the precariousness of contemporary work, less research has examined how workers organise in response. This article examines how a group of precarious workers – commercial photographers – use an online forum to resist changes to their working conditions. Our findings illustrate how the forum enables photographers to share knowledge, debate rules and organise collectively. We discuss two implications: firstly that the forum performs many of the functions of a professional association, and so gives us a new insight into how traditional forms of worker organisation may be translated in the digital realm; and secondly, that the form of collective resistance produced by the group may constitute a move beyond existing understandings of online resistance as relatively ineffectual. Our work contributes a new perspective on how precarity is reshaping workers’ collective organisation and resistance mechanisms.

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Don’t Work for Free: Online Discursive Resistance to Precarity in Commercial Photography

Patrick

Kranert

2020

Work, Employment and Society

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“…To investigate the media's effect on consumer attitude and preferences towards a maintainable body image, this study took an ethnographic approach of studying online behaviour, described by Kozinets [53] as 'netnography' [54]. Netnography applies ethnographic approaches to online behaviour, drawing on publicly accessible online social interactions in the same way that an ethnographer observes human behaviour in the field [53].…”

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“…To generate a manageable data sample, there was a pragmatic need for three body shapes or images that the study could focus on. Thus, using an opportunistic approach [54], this study focused on three key body shapes: 'super-skinny' , 'plus-size' and 'fitness built body shape' . Fitness built body shape particularly focused on the body shape and size that can be managed after childbirth or similar.…”

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“…In terms of the choice of social media platform, Facebook was deemed important because numerous sources [54] have indicated that there are about 2.41 billion monthly active users as of the second quarter of 2019, with Facebook being the largest social network worldwide. Active users are those who have logged in on Facebook and have carried out the following activities: follow a group or organisation, 55% of US baby boomers and senior survey respondents followed a group or organisation in 2013, and 40% of those respondents posted and watched videos [56].…”

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The Media Effect: Implications for Manifesting Maintainable Body Image in the Context of Global Fashion Industry

Rashid¹

2020

Promotion and Marketing Communications

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The media 'effect' on consumer behaviour has long been of interest to many researchers. In part, this has been related to how movies, magazines and television programmes portrayed thinness in the nineteenth and twentieth century, a concept which has been consistently emphasised and promoted to women, thus resulting in increased body dissatisfaction. Prior to the existence of media, a curvaceous body was considered as a sign of wealth and an ideal body image. More recently, with the emergence of the Internet, there has been increasing debate over portraying a healthier body image. However, no research to date has addressed the implications of manifesting a maintainable body image in the context of the global fashion industry. Thus, to fill this gap, qualitative ethnographic approach (netnography) of studying online behaviour and consumer perception was undertaken. The chapter briefly outlines the relevance of clothing and the evolution of the ideal body image over the last decade, indicating how the ideal body image has changed, but also shows how different media channels have had an effect using television and social media examples.

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“…Despite some evidence for their effect [30][31][32] , some have questioned whether the introduction of incentivisation or enforcement may impact the delivery of proper and ethical care 33,34 . This notion is particularly concerning here as there are genuine exceptions whereby the prescribing of OTC medications is justified.…”

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Guidance impact on primary care prescribing rates of simple analgesia: an interrupted time series analysis in England

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Background: In March 2018, NHS England published guidance for Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs; NHS bodies that commission health services for local areas) to encourage implementation of policy to reduce primary care prescriptions of over-the-counter medications, including simple analgesia. Aims: To investigate: the impact of guidance publication on prescribing rates of simple analgesia (oral paracetamol, oral ibuprofen and topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs [NSAIDS]) in primary care; CCG implementation intentions; and whether it has created a health inequality based on socioeconomic status. Design and Setting: Interrupted time series analysis of primary care prescribing data in England. Methods: Practice-level prescribing data from January 2015 to March 2019 were obtained from NHS Digital. Interrupted time series analyses assessed the association of guidance publication with prescribing rates. The association between practice-level prescribing rates and Index of Multiple Deprivation score (a marker of socioeconomic deprivation) before and after publication was quantified using multivariable Poisson regression. Freedom of information requests were submitted to all CCGs. Results: There was a 4% reduction in prescribing of simple analgesia following guidance publication (adjusted incidence rate ratio [aIRR] 0.96, 95% CI 0.92-0.99, p=0.027), adjusting for underlying time trend and seasonality. Practice-level prescribing rates were greater in more deprived areas. There was considerable diversity across CCGs in whether or how they chose to implement the guidance. Conclusion: Guidance publication was associated with a small reduction in the prescribing rates of simple analgesia across England, without evidence of creating an additional health inequality.

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GPs’ views of health policy changes: a qualitative ‘netnography’ study of UK general practice online magazine commentary

Cited by 10 publications

References 21 publications

Don’t Work for Free: Online Discursive Resistance to Precarity in Commercial Photography

Don’t Work for Free: Online Discursive Resistance to Precarity in Commercial Photography

The Media Effect: Implications for Manifesting Maintainable Body Image in the Context of Global Fashion Industry

Guidance impact on primary care prescribing rates of simple analgesia: an interrupted time series analysis in England

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