Online Social Support for Intimate Partner Violence Victims in China: Quantitative and Automatic Content Analysis

Tsz Hang Chu; Youzhen Su; Hanxiao Kong; Jingyuan SHI; Xiaohui Wang

doi:10.1177/1077801220911452

Online Social Support for Intimate Partner Violence Victims in China: Quantitative and Automatic Content Analysis

Tsz Hang Chu^*, Youzhen Su, Hanxiao Kong, Jingyuan SHI, Xiaohui Wang

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Abstract

To examine the nature and content of messages presented in a popular Chinese online community about intimate partner violence (IPV), this study utilized a two-step analytic approach that combined quantitative content analysis and automatic content analysis. We collected 90,040 messages from the online community’s IPV group. Study 1 analyzed 8,343 randomly selected messages. The findings suggest that social support is commonly presented, while only a few messages expressed blame toward the victims. Study 2 analyzed the whole sample via machine learning technique and further showed that this online community was a space for the victims to obtain informational resources and emotional encouragement.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	339-358
Number of pages	20
Journal	Violence Against Women
Volume	27
Issue number	3-4
Early online date	27 Apr 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801220911452
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2021

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Gender Studies
Sociology and Political Science
Law

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intimate partner violence
online social support

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