Feeling less alone online: patients’ ambivalent engagements with digital media
dc.contributor.author | Petersen, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Schermuly, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Anderson, Alison | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-04T17:01:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-06-11 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0141-9889 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1467-9566 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/15737 | |
dc.description.abstract |
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Digital media offer the chronically ill, especially those who experience related isolation, unparalleled opportunities to connect with others. This article asks, how do these individuals ascribe meaning to and use these media to manage their condition and related isolation? Using the concepts of affordance and emotional community, and drawing on the findings from an Australian study on patients’ use of digital media, we examine individuals’ ambivalent ascriptions of media, which are both feared and distrusted for the risks they present and embraced as invaluable tools of social connection. We argue that this ambivalence is explicable in terms of the communities to which the chronically ill belong which are founded on strong emotional bonds. In a context in which individuals tend to feel isolated through pain and/or stigmatisation, digital media may offer powerful means for sharing and affirming their experiences, the subjective benefits of which may outweigh the perceived risks. The article discusses the functions and features of digital media that the chronically ill value and distrust and concludes by considering the implications of our analysis for strategies to address the needs of people who feel isolated as a consequence of their condition.</jats:p> | |
dc.format.extent | 1441-1455 | |
dc.format.medium | Print-Electronic | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Wiley | |
dc.subject | Digital media | |
dc.subject | ||
dc.subject | patients | |
dc.subject | chronic illness | |
dc.subject | loneliness | |
dc.subject | emotions | |
dc.title | Feeling less alone online: patients’ ambivalent engagements with digital media | |
dc.type | journal-article | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dc.type | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | |
plymouth.author-url | https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000539441900001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=11bb513d99f797142bcfeffcc58ea008 | |
plymouth.issue | 6 | |
plymouth.volume | 42 | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published | |
plymouth.journal | Sociology of Health and Illness: a journal of medical sociology | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/1467-9566.13117 | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Admin Group - REF | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Admin Group - REF/REF Admin Group - FoAH | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business/School of Society and Culture | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA20 Social Work and Social Policy | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Institute of Health and Community | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Marine Institute | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role/Academics | |
dc.publisher.place | England | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020-04-27 | |
dc.rights.embargodate | 2021-6-11 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1467-9566 | |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | Not known | |
rioxxterms.funder | Australian Research Council | |
rioxxterms.identifier.project | A sociological study of patients’ use of digital media | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1111/1467-9566.13117 | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2020-06-11 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
plymouth.funder | A sociological study of patients’ use of digital media::Australian Research Council | |
plymouth.funder | A sociological study of patients’ use of digital media::Australian Research Council |