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Online health communities [PDF]
CHI '06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2006 Online health communities provide a means for patients and their families to learn about an illness, seek and offer support, and connect with others in similar circumstances. They are supported by a variety of technologies (e.g., email lists, forums, chat rooms) and are hosted by patients, advocacy groups, medical organizations, and corporations.
Lisa Neal +6 more
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Online communities in the study of political communication
RUDN journal of Sociology, 2021 Online communities in the study of political communication are a relatively new research field. Within its framework, independent thematic sections are developing, which in many respects remain fragmented due to the insufficient systematization.
K. A. Platonov, N. I. Legostaeva
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Behaviour & Information Technology, 2010 The chapter describes the basic tenets of online communities, their typology and their fundamental elements with a view of informing ways in which people can get to participate online, something that those individuals or organizations dealing with e-governance initiatives also aim at.
Anna-Carolin Weber, Tobias Kopka
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Online Communication and Body Language [PDF]
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2021 The COVID-19 emergency brought out the role of online digital technologies. The increase in online social interactivity was accelerated by social distancing, which has been recognized to have adverse effects due to physical and emotional isolation (Canet-Juric et al., 2020).
Paolo Paradisi +3 more
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Entrepreneurial Learning in Online Communities [PDF]
Academy of Management Proceedings, 2020 Abstract New digital technologies possess the potential to transform entrepreneurial processes, such as how entrepreneurs pursue opportunities and access funding and how they learn. How entrepreneurs learn may be transformed as digital technologies provide new spaces for learning, such as online communities.
Peter Kalum Schou +2 more
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Cross-Regional Sentiment Analysis of VKontakte Communities: Typical Krasnodar vs. Typical Kemerovo
Виртуальная коммуникация и социальные сети, 2022 This research tested a complex analytical method based on semantic modeling of discursive fields and network analysis that can be applied to networked linguistic data.
Natalia A. Ryabchenko, Olga P. Malysheva
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Traditional mental health services are often not enough to meet the needs of people at risk for suicide, especially in populations where help-seeking is stigmatized.
Michelle Colder Carras +2 more
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Assessing gage: an online tool for improving gender visibility in STEMM
FACETS, 2021 Women continue to be underrepresented and less visible in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM). 500 Women Scientists created and launched in January 2018 a global (>140 countries to date), online, open-access ...
Elizabeth A. McCullagh +9 more
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Emergent Transportation “Platforms” in Latin America: Online Communities and Their Governance Models
Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 2021 New models of peer governance are emerging from online communities in the Global South. This is visible in an understudied case of ridesharing “platforms” created on social media communities and materializing in Latin American cities.
Luis H. Lozano-Paredes
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Social Media in Urologic Healthcare: Transforming Treatment, Management, and Online Medical Communication [PDF]
International Neurourology JournalDigital technologies and social media have fundamentally reshaped healthcare communication and the accessibility of medical information. This review examines the role of social media in urologic care, focusing particularly on its impact on treatment ...
Jung Eun Yu +2 more
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