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Article: Making the Virtual Rounds: The Use of Blogs by Health-Care Professionals
Title | Making the Virtual Rounds: The Use of Blogs by Health-Care Professionals |
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Keywords | blogs digital media health care health communication virtual community |
Issue Date | 2018 |
Citation | Journal of Communication Inquiry, 2018, v. 42, n. 1, p. 48-66 How to Cite? |
Abstract | In the “Health 2.0” era, digital media has altered how health care is conducted and how patients consume medical information. This article explores the reasons why health-care professionals create their own blogs and how they use blogging as a component of their work. We examine interviews with medical bloggers (n = 83) featured on “Grand Rounds,” a weekly medical blog forum or “carnival,” to interpret the ways in which blogging is incorporated into their everyday lives. In performing a qualitative thematic analysis, we develop five themes that help capture what blogs mean to these health-care practitioners. The uses of blogs speak to articulating and reestablishing a professional reputation, connecting with patients informally, writing for therapeutic reasons, negotiating institutional constraints, and promoting community and health-care reform. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/330390 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 0.9 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.488 |
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dc.contributor.author | Scheibling, Casey | - |
dc.contributor.author | Gillett, James | - |
dc.contributor.author | Brett, Gordon | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-05T12:10:10Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-09-05T12:10:10Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Communication Inquiry, 2018, v. 42, n. 1, p. 48-66 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0196-8599 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/330390 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In the “Health 2.0” era, digital media has altered how health care is conducted and how patients consume medical information. This article explores the reasons why health-care professionals create their own blogs and how they use blogging as a component of their work. We examine interviews with medical bloggers (n = 83) featured on “Grand Rounds,” a weekly medical blog forum or “carnival,” to interpret the ways in which blogging is incorporated into their everyday lives. In performing a qualitative thematic analysis, we develop five themes that help capture what blogs mean to these health-care practitioners. The uses of blogs speak to articulating and reestablishing a professional reputation, connecting with patients informally, writing for therapeutic reasons, negotiating institutional constraints, and promoting community and health-care reform. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Communication Inquiry | - |
dc.subject | blogs | - |
dc.subject | digital media | - |
dc.subject | health care | - |
dc.subject | health communication | - |
dc.subject | virtual community | - |
dc.title | Making the Virtual Rounds: The Use of Blogs by Health-Care Professionals | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/0196859917722364 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85035096763 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 42 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 48 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 66 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1552-4612 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000426549600004 | - |