Language Use in Eating Disorder Blogs: Psychological Implications of Social Online Activity  

Oleh:

Wolf, Markus ; Theis, Florian ; Kordy, Hans

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Language and Social Psychology (Full Text) vol. 32 no. 2 (Jun. 2013), page 212 –226.
Topik: computer mediated communication; Internet; language; new technology groups and cultures; pro–eating disorder; health
Fulltext: Journal of Language and Social Psychology-2013-Wolf-212-26.pdf (371.27KB)

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Social media have become a significant means for peer-related communication, self-presentation, and identity management. So-called eating disorder websites that propagate a drastic thin ideal and unhealthy eating behaviors have triggered a debate about the harmful facets of social Internet activity. Little research has addressed the language that is used by the authors of these websites. The present study focuses on personal weblogs, a popular form of mostly text-based, diary-like, online journals. We compared 31 pro–eating disorder blogs, 29 recovery blogs, and 27 control blogs by the means of computerized quantitative text analyses. The language of pro–eating disorder blogs featured lower cognitive processing, a more closed-minded writing style, was less emotionally expressive, contained fewer social references, and focused more on eating-related contents than recovery blogs. A subset of 12 language indicators correctly classified the blogs in 84% of the cases. The distinct language patterns appear to reflect the psychological conditions of the blog authors and provide insight into

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