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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/3974
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dc.contributor.authorPfeil, Ulrike-
dc.contributor.authorZaphiris, Panayiotis-
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Stephanie-
dc.contributor.otherΖαφείρης, Παναγιώτης-
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-23T10:59:52Zen
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-17T09:55:41Z-
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-09T10:26:07Z-
dc.date.available2012-04-23T10:59:52Zen
dc.date.available2013-05-17T09:55:41Z-
dc.date.available2015-12-09T10:26:07Z-
dc.date.issued2010-01-01-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 2010, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 336-363en_US
dc.identifier.issn10836101-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/3974-
dc.description.abstractThis article presents an investigation of an online support community for older people, analyzing a data-set of messages posted over the period of six years. We studied messages that are related to each other which we call "message-sequences". We investigated the content of message-sequences and linked our findings to the level of activity of the online support community over time. We show how certain sequences of messages within the online community are related to the level of activity thus providing valuable insight into the role of message-sequences in sustaining online support communities for older people. We conclude that the mutual exchange of personal information and receiving support after talking about personal problems are basic components for the sustainability of the online community, whereas conversations that go off the topic of the online community seem to be related to a decrease in the level of activity.en_US
dc.formatpdfen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Computer-Mediated Communicationen_US
dc.rights© International Communication Associationen_US
dc.subjectOlder peopleen_US
dc.subjectOnline support communityen_US
dc.subjectSustainabilityen_US
dc.titleThe role of message-sequences in the sustainability of an online support community for older peopleen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.collaborationCyprus University of Technologyen_US
dc.collaborationCity, University of Londonen_US
dc.subject.categoryMedia and Communicationsen_US
dc.reviewPeer Reviewed-
dc.countryUnited Kingdomen_US
dc.subject.fieldSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1083-6101.2010.01523.xen_US
dc.dept.handle123456789/126en
dc.relation.issue2en_US
dc.relation.volume15en_US
cut.common.academicyear2010-2011en_US
dc.identifier.spage336en_US
dc.identifier.epage363en_US
item.openairecristypehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501-
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item.cerifentitytypePublications-
item.fulltextNo Fulltext-
item.languageiso639-1en-
item.openairetypearticle-
crisitem.author.deptDepartment of Multimedia and Graphic Arts-
crisitem.author.facultyFaculty of Fine and Applied Arts-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0001-8112-5099-
crisitem.author.parentorgFaculty of Fine and Applied Arts-
crisitem.journal.journalissn1083-6101-
crisitem.journal.publisherOxford University Press-
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