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With the popularity of the Internet, more and more people are turning to their computers for health information, advice, support and services. With its information based firmly on research, The Internet and Health Communication provides an in-depth analysis of the changes in human communication and health care resulting from the Internet revolution. Representing a wide range of expertise, the contributors provide an extensive variety of examples from the micro to the macro, including information about HMO web sites, Internet pharmacies, and web-enabled hospitals, to vividly illustrate their findings and conclusions.
Experiences of Online Health Communities and of Organizations Moving to E-Commerce
Physical communities are where people spend their lives. But as objects of social science inquiry, communities are notoriously difficult and expensive to study. Online communities are different. They are in some ways easier to study, but even though people may, to a limited extent, live in them, they cannot do so permanently, stylish theories purporting Internet addiction not withstanding. Online communities provide a twin boon to the researcher: They can be studied with formal methods, and they can offer a new perspective on many old questions. Perhaps the most intriguing of these questions is the self-organizing nature of online communities. In Berger and Luckmann's ...
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