Social Roles in an Online Support Community for Older People

Pfeil, Ulrike, Svangstu, Knut, Ang, Chee Siang, Zaphiris, Panayiotis (2011) Social Roles in an Online Support Community for Older People. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 27 (4). pp. 323-347. ISSN 1044-7318. (doi:10.1080/10447318.2011.540490) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:35706)

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Abstract

In this article, an online support community for older people is studied, with the aim

analysis. Four hundred messages (posted between August 9, 2007, and February 5,

were investigated. The data were analyzed to identify and shed light on patterns

Drawing on the findings, a set of six social roles were identified, defined, and

members were associated with the kind of content these members tended

support, whereas members not very well connected were more inclined to post

self-disclosing messages.

Item Type:	Article
DOI/Identification number:	10.1080/10447318.2011.540490
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA 76 Software, computer programming, > QA76.9.H85 Human computer interaction T Technology
Divisions:	Faculties > Sciences > School of Engineering and Digital Arts Faculties > Sciences > School of Engineering and Digital Arts > Digital Media
Depositing User:	Tina Thompson
Date Deposited:	28 Oct 2013 13:23 UTC
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2020 04:08 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/35706 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)
Ang, Chee Siang:	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1109-9689

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