Personal journal bloggers: Profiles of disclosiveness

Hollenbaugh, Erin E.

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2010.06.014

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“…Most studies about self-disclosure online investigated the selfdisclosing behaviour of children, adolescents, or students in the context of social network sites (e.g., Chen & Marcus, 2012;De Souza & Dick, 2009;DeGroot, 2008;Nosko, Wood, & Molema, 2010;Palmieri, Prestano, Gandley, Overton, & Qin, 2012;Park, Jin, & Annie Jin, 2011) or personal weblogs (Chen, 2012;Hollenbaugh, 2010;Lee, Im, & Taylor, 2008;Qian & Scott, 2007). They discovered that online self-disclosure did not foster the use of social network sites (Ledbetter et al, 2011) but weblogs only (e.g., Lee et al, 2008).…”

Section: Self-disclosurementioning

confidence: 99%

Stranger on the internet: Online self-disclosure and the role of visual anonymity

Misoch

2015

Computers in Human Behavior

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Section: Self-disclosurementioning

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Stranger on the internet: Online self-disclosure and the role of visual anonymity

Misoch

2015

Computers in Human Behavior

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“…Although several different genres of blogs exist, this project focuses on personal-journal type blogs, which are related to offline diaries and distinguished by an accounting of the author's thoughts, feelings, and experiences (Herring et al, 2005). Self-disclosure is central to personal-journal type blogs (Hollenbaugh, 2010). In discussing health blogging, Sundar and colleagues (Sundar, Edwards, Hu, & Stavrositu, 2006, p. 89) note that "the journaling function of blogs permits the kind of narrative expression conducive to sharing detailed personal histories."…”

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confidence: 99%

The Implications of Stigma and Anonymity for Self-Disclosure in Health Blogs

Rains

2013

Health Communication

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The reported study examines the implications of anonymity and stigma in the form of illness-related embarrassment for self-disclosure in the context of health blogging. Drawing from theorizing about anonymous communication and stigma, anonymity is argued to be strategically used by individuals who are embarrassed by their illness and to moderate the relationship between embarrassment and self-disclosure. Data from 114 individuals who blog about their experiences coping with a health condition were examined to test study hypotheses. Illness-related embarrassment was positively associated with anonymity. Additionally, anonymity moderated the relationship between embarrassment and self-disclosure. Among bloggers with relatively higher levels of anonymity, illness-related embarrassment was positively associated with self-disclosure. The results suggest that anonymity is strategically used and fosters self-disclosure among individuals who are embarrassed by their illness.

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“…They include research on the web [14], on blogging [15,16], and social-networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter [17,18]. Researchers found that interactivity, recreation, entertainment, diversion, information involvement, connectedness, and personal relevance are major motivations for browsing or using the Internet and social media platforms.…”

Section: Uses and Gratificationmentioning

confidence: 99%