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Entering an online support group on eating disorders : a discourse analysis /

Online support groups are considered highly valuable in addition to traditional health care services, but we know very little about how people actually join such a group. This book offers a microanalysis of an online support group on eating disorders, specifically the communication through textual m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stommel, Wyke
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : New York : Rodopi, 2009.
Colección:Utrecht studies in language and communication ; 21.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I An ethnomethodological approach to community, identity and eating disorders; Chapter 1 The online support group as a community; Chapter 2 Identity in a community; Chapter 3 Accomplishing identity in an online community on eating disorders; Part II Discourse analysis; Chapter 4 Research design: The forum, ethics, data and method; Chapter 5 Identity accomplished through nicknames; Chapter 6 Opening the first posting: Ambivalence towards the community; Chapter 7 Displaying forumability in the online community.