To share vulnerability is to show strength: A discursive study of self-disclosure by Chinese cancer patients on short-form video platforms
Yue Zhao,
Yansheng Mao,
Shuang Wei
Abstract:The widely-used social media have offered Chinese cancer patients online sites for self-disclosure. Collecting self-disclosing discourses from 200 Chinese cancer patients on TikTok and SnackVideo, this study systematically analyzes the discursive strategies employed by Chinese cancer patients and their emotions expressed during self-disclosure, with the help of NVivo 12 and LIWC 2015. As a result, it is found that: (1) Chinese cancer patients display self-disclosure oriented toward facts, relationships, desire… Show more
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