A practical guide to analysing online support forums

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A practical guide to analysing online support forums

As the number of online support forums continues to grow and the amount of user-generated content increases, analysing forum messages can provide researchers and others working in health-related fields with important new insights into the needs, opinions and experiences of individuals who use them....

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Main Authors:	Smedley, Richard, Coulson, Neil S.
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2018
Subjects:	Online support communities; Forum; Sampling typology; Research methods; Ethics
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51402/

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