Characterising social structural and linguistic behaviours of subgroup interactions: a case of online health communities for postpartum depression on Facebook

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dc.contributor.authorPak, Jinie
dc.contributor.authorKim, Hyang-Sook
dc.contributor.authorRhee, Eun Soo
dc.contributor.departmentTowson University. Department of Mass Communicationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-03T18:03:06Z
dc.date.available2021-11-03T18:03:06Z
dc.date.issued2020-07-10
dc.description.abstractOnline health communities (OHCs) have become a major source of sharing knowledge and social support for people with health concerns. The present paper aimed to extend the previous understanding of community dynamics of two types of members, contributors and lurkers, in OHCs for postpartum depression (PPD). Multi-level analyses were conducted to identify subgroup formation and different roles of members and their interaction patterns within subgroups. Specifically, social structural behaviours in OHCs on Facebook were analysed at both network and node levels in addition to members’ sentiment and linguistic behaviours which were analysed in light of members’ roles and structural behaviours. Results suggest that structural as well as sentiment and linguistic behaviours of members in OHCs for PPD varied across different groups and roles. While contributors tended to be highly influential as information/support givers, lurkers still formed subgroups to seek for support and information. These findings not only articulated the underlying mechanism of community networks and subgroup formation in OHCs for PPD, but also shed light on ways of facilitating prosperity and sustainability of OHCs.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1504/IJWBC.2020.108630en_US
dc.format.extent28 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2j6m8-rn9z
dc.identifier.citationPak, J., Kim, H-S., & Rhee, E.S. (2020). Characterising social structural and linguistic behaviours of subgroup interactions: a case of online health communities for postpartum depression on Facebook. International Journal of Web Based Communities, 16(3), 225-248. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJWBC.2020.108630en_US
dc.identifier.issn1477-8394
dc.identifier.issn1741-8216
dc.identifier.uri10.1504/IJWBC.2020.108630
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/23201
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherInderscienceen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtTowson University
dc.relation.ispartofseriesInternational Journal of Web Based Communities;volume 16, number 3
dc.subjectOnline health communityen_US
dc.subjectOHCen_US
dc.subjectSubgroup interactionsen_US
dc.subjectSocial network analysisen_US
dc.subjectSNAen_US
dc.subjectPostpartum depressionen_US
dc.subjectPPDen_US
dc.subjectSentimentsen_US
dc.subjectStructural behaviorsen_US
dc.subjectLinguistic behaviorsen_US
dc.titleCharacterising social structural and linguistic behaviours of subgroup interactions: a case of online health communities for postpartum depression on Facebooken_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5650-5505en_US

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