Chronic Illness Narratives Through Facebook

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dc.contributor.advisorKain, Donnaen_US
dc.contributor.authorHinson, Katrina Laytonen_US
dc.contributor.departmentEnglish: Technical and Professional Discourseen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-15T15:30:19Z
dc.date.available2014-06-15T15:30:19Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Internet has changed the process by which illness meanings are created and brought into the everyday lives of those who struggle with a chronic condition. More importantly the rapid rise and use of electronic groups created through social media outlets like Facebook allows for the chronic illness experience to be shaped by multiple others and also results in the formation of a new discourse and a new discursive genre. An increasingly available discursive form is that formed through or as a result of virtual space. Virtual support groups have the potential to modify how patients perceive their condition, how they manage their illness and how they communicate within the doctor-patient relationship. Social media provides people who have survived and now live with the effects of a post traumatic event such as pulmonary emboli a place to share their story, to learn from others, to relay information, to communicate with others and to be validated as patients. Given the increase in the number of patients who experience a pulmonary embolism and survive, stronger evidence about the use of social media such as Facebook and the associated virtual support groups which form around the traumatic event is needed.  en_US
dc.description.degreePh.D.en_US
dc.format.extent177 p.en_US
dc.format.mediumdissertations, academicen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/4409
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherEast Carolina Universityen_US
dc.subjectTechnical communicationen_US
dc.subjectRhetoricen_US
dc.subjectInformation technologyen_US
dc.subjectChronic illnessen_US
dc.subjectCommunicationen_US
dc.subjectDoctor-patient relationshipsen_US
dc.subjectHealthcareen_US
dc.subjectNarrative medicineen_US
dc.subject.lcshFacebook (Electronic resource)
dc.subject.lcshChronically ill--Social networks
dc.subject.lcshElectronic discussion groups
dc.subject.lcshInternet--Social aspects
dc.subject.lcshSelf-help groups
dc.subject.lcshChronic diseases--Psychological aspects
dc.titleChronic Illness Narratives Through Facebooken_US
dc.title.alternativeChronic illness narratives in Facebook
dc.typeDoctoral Dissertationen_US

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