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Publication details [#53794]

Koole, Tom and Wyke Stommel. 2010. The online support group as a community: A micro-analysis of the interaction with a new member. Discourse Studies 12 (3) : 357–378.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

community of practice | expectation | health | internet | rule

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper uses the example of an online support group on eating disorders, to demonstrate that online support should not be automatically considered as low-threshold service.