TY - JOUR
T1 - Social support on Weibo for people living with HIV/AIDS in China
T2 - A quantitative content analysis
AU - SHI, Jingyuan
AU - Chen, Liang
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The Internet has recently become an important source of social support. People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in China created an online support group (the HIV/AIDS Weibo Group) on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, in January 2011. To investigate social support in the HIV/AIDS Weibo Group, the content of all 7215 messages posted in this Weibo group since its launch on 18 January 2011, was analyzed. The analysis demonstrates that the majority of messages fell into the category of social support. Moreover, social support provisions were far more frequent than social support requests. The results also show that informational support, compared with emotional and instrumental support, was the most frequently requested and provided type of support in this Weibo group.
AB - The Internet has recently become an important source of social support. People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in China created an online support group (the HIV/AIDS Weibo Group) on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, in January 2011. To investigate social support in the HIV/AIDS Weibo Group, the content of all 7215 messages posted in this Weibo group since its launch on 18 January 2011, was analyzed. The analysis demonstrates that the majority of messages fell into the category of social support. Moreover, social support provisions were far more frequent than social support requests. The results also show that informational support, compared with emotional and instrumental support, was the most frequently requested and provided type of support in this Weibo group.
U2 - 10.1080/17544750.2014.926954
DO - 10.1080/17544750.2014.926954
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1754-4750
VL - 7
SP - 285
EP - 298
JO - Chinese Journal of Communication
JF - Chinese Journal of Communication
IS - 3
ER -
