Help me, I'm fat! Social support in online weight loss networks

By Paul W. Ballantine, Rachel J. Stephenson. 2011

202 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Communication, Sociology and Political Science, Human-Computer Interaction

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/e261fb91d409d3e7b334f02c6f412d5fef41853c

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In Communication

1. Jennifer Gerson
2. Nick Hajli
3. Anke C. Plagnol
4. Philip J. Corr

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Jennifer Gerson
2. Nick Hajli
3. Anke C. Plagnol
4. Philip J. Corr

In Human-Computer Interaction

1. Nick Hajli

Citations in the corpus

• A study of the impact of social media on consumers (2014, background): “Research shows that online communities and SNSs generate both informational and emotional support (Ballantine & Stephenson 2011) .”
• Passive and Active Facebook Use Measure (PAUM): Validation and relationship to the Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory (2017, background): “A previous study found that respondents who engaged in passive use on a Weight Watchers Facebook page received informational and emotional support by browsing the page (Ballantine & Stephenson, 2011).”