Department of Media Communications, Webster Vienna Private University.
Department of Communication, University of California.
Health Commun. 2021 Jul;36(8):1001-1008. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2020.1731776. Epub 2020 Mar 3.
We investigated cancer survivors' interactions on an online breast cancer support forum, focusing on how the network structures of brokerage and closure relate to the types of support received and to the language used in posts. Data came through the extraction of 1,443 forum members' online networks. Automated linguistic analysis was carried out on the 27,248 threads these survivors made and the 336,151 replies they received. Survivors' brokerage and closure levels were positively correlated with the use of positive affective words in their posts, a linguistic marker of well-being. Different network positions fostered different types of support in the community. Specifically, people bridging unconnected users (the broker role) were more likely to receive informational support whereas people in closely knit groups (the closure role) were more likely to receive emotional support. Theoretical, methodological, and practical implications are examined.
我们研究了癌症幸存者在一个在线乳腺癌支持论坛上的互动，重点关注中介和封闭网络结构如何与所获得的支持类型以及帖子中使用的语言相关。数据来自对 1443 名论坛成员在线网络的提取。对这些幸存者发布的 27248 个主题和收到的 336151 个回复进行了自动化语言分析。幸存者的中介和封闭水平与他们帖子中积极情感词汇的使用呈正相关，这是幸福感的语言标志。不同的网络位置在社区中促进了不同类型的支持。具体而言，连接不相关用户的人（中介角色）更有可能获得信息支持，而紧密联系的群体中的人（封闭角色）更有可能获得情感支持。本文探讨了理论、方法和实践方面的意义。
