Developing an optimal match within online communities: an exploration of CMC support communities and traditional support

By Jeanine Warisse Turner, Jean A. Grube, Jennifer S. Meyers. 2001

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Subfields: Communication, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Help me, I'm fat! Social support in online weight loss networks (2011, background): “The Internet has become an increasingly popular tool for individuals wishing to seek information, share experiences, ask questions and provide emotional support about health issues (Turner et al., 2001; Eysenbach et al., 2004; Jayanti and Singh, 2010).”
Influence of Social Identity on Self-Efficacy Beliefs Through Perceived Social Support: A Social Identity Theory Perspective (2016, background): “Third, the implications of the findings may be extended to online social support groups as well since individuals who voluntarily join an online group already perceive some degree of common identity with other group members (Turner et al., 2001).”
Self-Presentation in Online Personals (2006, background): “a function of simple experience than it is of demographic or personality factors” (p. 7). Other research has examined the role of experience in terms of the frequency of participation in online support groups, including number of people e-mailed privately and number of people met FtF ( Turner et al.”
An Examination of Acculturative Stress, Interpersonal Social Support, and Use of Online Ethnic Social Groups among Chinese International Students (2006, background): “Turner et al. (2001) examined the complementary nature of face-to-face and computer-mediated social support.”
The Role of Anticipated Future Interaction, Self-Disclosure, and Perceived Success in Internet Dating (2006, background): “Other research has examined the role of experience in terms of the frequency of participation in online support groups, including number of people e-mailed privately and number of people met FtF (Turner et al., 2001).”
Non-public and public online community participation: Needs, attitudes and behavior (2006, background): “Some cancer patients go online only after their face-to-face relationships fail to give them the emotional support they seek [19].”
Social Networks, Interpersonal Social Support, and Health Outcomes: A Health Communication Perspective (2016, background): “A number of researchers began to take notice of these groups, and this was the beginning of many descriptive research studies (Braithwaite et al., 1999; Finn, 1999; Turner et al., 2001), including some of my own (Wright, 2000a,b).”