04152nam 2200685Ia 450 991045540540332120200520144314.01-282-50530-0978661250530090-420-2661-810.1163/9789042026612(CKB)1000000000805843(EBL)556652(OCoLC)462133065(SSID)ssj0000337286(PQKBManifestationID)12106514(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000337286(PQKBWorkID)10287920(PQKB)11159420(MiAaPQ)EBC556652(OCoLC)462133065(OCoLC)607989395(OCoLC)649903357(OCoLC)744552533(OCoLC)764536336(OCoLC)961523769(OCoLC)962626784(OCoLC)966212295(OCoLC)988409835(OCoLC)992071339(nllekb)BRILL9789042026612(Au-PeEL)EBL556652(CaPaEBR)ebr10380427(CaONFJC)MIL250530(EXLCZ)99100000000080584320091106d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEntering an online support group on eating disorders[electronic resource] a discourse analysis /Wyke StommelAmsterdam ;New York Rodopi20091 online resource (287 p.)Utrecht studies in language and communication ;21Previously submitted to Universität Frankfurt am Main as the author's doctoral dissertation.90-420-2660-X Includes bibliographical references.Preliminary Material -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The online support group as a community -- Identity in a community -- Accomplishing identity in an online community on eating disorders -- Research design: The forum, ethics, data and method -- Identity accomplished through nicknames -- Opening the first posting: Ambivalence towards the community -- Displaying forumability in the online community -- The main requirement of forumability: Recognition -- Entering the online support group and adopting the sick role -- Conclusions and discussion -- References -- Appendix -- CurriculumVitae.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 messages between newcomers and regular members and members’ nicknames. The study uses an ethnomethodological and conversation analytical approach to show that members of online support groups treat the group as a community in which their illness-identity is highly relevant. It appears that members invoke community norms regarding legitimacy for newcomers: Newcomers are expected to admit that they are ill, but this is a very difficult step for those who have not yet fully adopted the “sick role” (Parsons, 1951). In the field of eating disorders, it is particularly difficult for people that tend to pro-ana , id est the glamorization of eating disorders. The insecurity and anxiety that newcomers display as they enter the online group could probably be relieved when a special entry subforum would be installed in which they can take time and space to actually recognize that they are illustrations.Utrecht studies in language and communication ;21.Eating disordersSocial aspectsEthnomethodologyMedicineComputer network resourcesSelf-help groupsElectronic books.Eating disordersSocial aspects.Ethnomethodology.MedicineComputer network resources.Self-help groups.616.85/26Stommel Wyke972644MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455405403321Entering an online support group on eating disorders2236444UNINA