Online Participation: A Content Analysis of Differences in Utilization of Two Online Cancer Communities by Men and Women, Patients and Family Members

Ginossar, Tamar

doi:10.1080/10410230701697100

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“…Although several content analyses have documented the explicit types of social support messages shared in computer-mediated contexts (Braithwaite et al, 1999;Ginossar, 2008;Keating, 2013), the unique implications associated with the reduced social cues available in these settings warrant additional attention (Caplan & Turner, 2007;Walther & Parks, 2002). In text-based environments where many of the nonverbal cues present in face-to-face interaction are reduced or eliminated, features of interaction may play a particularly important role in influencing support perceptions.…”

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“…A number of content analyses have been conducted to examine the types of support messages shared in computer-mediated contexts (e.g., Dunham et al, 1998;Eichhorn, 2008;Keating, 2013). Informational support and emotional support are typically the most common types of support messages found in these studies (Braithwaite et al, 1999;Coulson, Buchanan, & Aubeeluck, 2007;Ginossar, 2008;Keating, 2013).…”

Section: Social Support and Computer-mediated Communicationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Language Style Matching as a Predictor of Perceived Social Support in Computer-Mediated Interaction Among Individuals Coping With Illness

Rains

2015

Communication Research

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Several forms of computer-mediated communication (e.g., online support groups, blogs, social network sites) have been shown to be important resources for social support among individuals coping with illness. The reported study attempts to better understand social support processes in these settings by examining the implications of language style matching-a form of interpersonal coordination involving the degree to which speakers match one another's use of function words (e.g., articles, prepositions, pronouns). Language style matching among a sample of health bloggers and their readers over a 3-month period was tested as a predictor of bloggers' perceptions of support available from their readers. The results show that language style matching contributed to bloggers' perceptions that their readers are willing and able to serve as a resource for specific forms of social support.

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Section: Social Support and Computer-mediated Communicationmentioning

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Language Style Matching as a Predictor of Perceived Social Support in Computer-Mediated Interaction Among Individuals Coping With Illness

Rains

2015

Communication Research

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“…Specifically, impact of gender on participation in online communities has been studied in, e.g., communities targeting cancer [12] and travel [40]. Women have been more actively involved in cancer communities then men [12], despite the common observation that computer-mediated communication, in general, is a male-dominant technology and privileges men [30]. In the on-line travel community [40], it has been found that men, holding age and educational level constant, have been community members for longer period of time.…”

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Gender, Representation and Online Participation: A Quantitative Study of StackOverflow

Vasilescu

Capiluppi

Serebrenik

2012

2012 International Conference on Social Informatics

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Abstract-Online communities are flourishing as social meeting web-spaces for users and peer community members. Different online communities require different levels of competence for participants to join, and scattered evidence suggests that women can be overly under-represented. Moreover, anecdotal evidence of the Q&A website StackOverflow suggests that women withdraw from unfriendly online communities.Due to the lack of empirical evidence on the matter, this paper provides a quantitative study of the phenomenon, in order to assess the representation and social impact of gender in StackOverflow. This study positions itself within recent and focused international initiatives, launched by the European Commission in order to encourage women in the field of sciences and technology. Our findings confirm that men represent the vast majority of contributors to StackOverflow. Moreover, men participate more, earn more reputation, and engage in the "game" more than women do.

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“…They support and encourage discussion amongst members and can provide places to seek help and emotional support, which can be used to promote behaviour change [81,82].…”

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The untapped potential of the gaming community: A narrative review. (Preprint)

Goodman¹,

McFerran²,

Purves³

et al. 2018

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Video gamers are a population at heightened risk of developing obesity due to the sedentary nature of gaming, increased energy intake and the disruption caused to their sleep. This increases their risk of developing a number of non-communicable diseases. To date, research seeking to improve health behaviours has focussed on developing novel video games to promote behaviour change. Although positive results have emerged from this research, the success has been limited due to the lack of transferability to more mainstream games and the focus on children and adolescents. However, the gaming community has a number of unique aspects which, in comparison to the development of new video games, have received less attention. Research has found that advertising can have implicit effects on individual's memories which could influence their later decisions. Yet the effect of the exponential growth of in-game advertisements, and brand sponsorship of gaming events and professional gamers, has not been explored in the gaming community. Nor has the possibility of using advertising techniques to encourage positive health behaviours within games or at these events. Research suggests that virtual communities can be effective at disseminating health information, but the efficacy of this needs to be explored utilising known community influencers within the gaming community. The purpose of this paper is to highlight these under-researched areas that have the potential to encourage positive health behaviour among this community.

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Online Participation: A Content Analysis of Differences in Utilization of Two Online Cancer Communities by Men and Women, Patients and Family Members

Cited by 106 publications

References 40 publications

Language Style Matching as a Predictor of Perceived Social Support in Computer-Mediated Interaction Among Individuals Coping With Illness

Language Style Matching as a Predictor of Perceived Social Support in Computer-Mediated Interaction Among Individuals Coping With Illness

Gender, Representation and Online Participation: A Quantitative Study of StackOverflow

The untapped potential of the gaming community: A narrative review. (Preprint)

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