Advantages and Disadvantages of Internet Use : The Perspective of Women with Eating Disorders Experience
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F22%3A00124916" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/22:00124916 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1868076" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1868076</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1868076" target="_blank" >10.1080/10410236.2020.1868076</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Advantages and Disadvantages of Internet Use : The Perspective of Women with Eating Disorders Experience
Original language description
Even though the internet is a common source of information and treatment for people with eating disorder (ED) experience, the motives for illness-related searches have rarely been investigated beyond the perceived negatives. This study explores how women with ED experience reflect upon the advantages and disadvantages of their ED-related internet use. We expand the framework of the Uses and Gratifications Theory (U&G) into the context of users with ED experience through 30 semi-structured interviews with women with ED experience, aged 16 to 28, who live in the Czech Republic. Thematic analysis revealed four themes related to the pros and cons of their internet usage: ED-related Information Content; Internet Features Important to Users; Body Image; and Social Interaction. The results challenge the binary view of ED-related internet use and question some presumptions of U&G Theory within the specific context of users with ED experience.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50802 - Media and socio-cultural communication
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Health Communication
ISSN
1041-0236
e-ISSN
1532-7027
Volume of the periodical
37
Issue of the periodical within the volume
7
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
791-801
UT code for WoS article
000606922700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85099397746