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'Oh dear, should I really be saying that on here?': Issues of identity and authority in an online diabetes community
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Armstrong, Natalie, Koteyko, N. and Powell, John (2012) 'Oh dear, should I really be saying that on here?': Issues of identity and authority in an online diabetes community. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine, Vol. 16 (No. 4). pp. 347-365. doi:10.1177/1363459311425514 ISSN 1363-4593.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363459311425514
Abstract
We explore peer-to-peer discussions which took place in a UK-based diabetes ‘Virtual Clinic’ online community. In particular, we seek to understand the rhetorical nature and content of exchanges over a period of six months from the community’s inception. Data were captured weekly and analysis based on thematic discourse analysis. Two key issues emerged regarding how the community shaped the nature of the discussion forum. First, the identity of the forum was established, and boundaries drawn about what was, and was not, acceptable. Second, participants sought to present themselves as reliable and authoritative sources of information. Internet discussion communities are shaped in important ways early on by the community of users, including how the character and focus of discussion is formed, and how both information and users can be constructed as authoritative and reliable.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine | ||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 1363-4593 | ||||
Official Date: | 2012 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol. 16 | ||||
Number: | No. 4 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 347-365 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1177/1363459311425514 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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