Sanger, S., Bath, P.A. orcid.org/0000-0002-6310-7396 and Bates, J. orcid.org/0000-0001-7266-8470 (2018) The role of stories in three non-12 step alcohol online support groups. In: Chowdhury, G., McLeod, J., Gillet, V. and Willett, P., (eds.) Transforming Digital Worlds. iConference 2018, 25-28 Mar 2018, Sheffield, UK. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 10766 . Springer, Cham , pp. 126-131. ISBN 978-3-319-78105-1
Abstract
Health-related mutual aid groups provide an important source of information and support for people with a variety of illnesses and health problems. Research has demonstrated the important role of story-telling for people in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) face-to-face meetings, for example, in informing new members about the organization’s beliefs about alcoholism. There has been limited research examining the role that story plays in online AA, and even less research on story in non-AA/non-12 step groups. This paper explores the role of stories in three alcohol online support groups (AOSGs) that do not follow the 12-step philosophy, but offer very different beliefs about problem drinking and approaches to managing it. The paper reports on thematic analysis of the three groups’ discussion forum messages, from which the role that story plays in the groups is identified. It is part of a wider study of the role discussion forums of AOSGs can play in informing users’ ‘representations’ or beliefs about alcoholism/problem drinking.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Transforming Digital Worlds (LNCS 10766). Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Online support groups; Alcohol; Story; Narrative; Mutual aid |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Information School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 01 Mar 2019 16:20 |
Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2019 16:20 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78105-1_16 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer, Cham |
Series Name: | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/978-3-319-78105-1_16 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:143158 |