Social support and unsolicited advice in a bipolar disorder online forum

How does a newly diagnosed user get inducted into a forum dedicated to people suffering from bipolar disorder? Is their opening message "matched" by the forum's reply? We add to the literature on social support online by using conversation analysis (CA) to explore an apparent contradi...

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Main Authors: Agnes Vayreda, Charles Antaki
Format: Default Article
Published: 2009
Subjects:
Other human society not elsewhere classified
Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified
Bipolar disorder
Communication
Conversation analysis
Education, online
Internet
Language
Medical/health care discourse
Medicalization
Research, online
Social support
Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified
Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/5437
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