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Author:

Yang, Fan

Title:

EXCHANGING SOCIAL SUPPORT ONLINE: DECODING MOTIVATING FACTORS FOR PROMOTING SOCIAL SUPPORT IN A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY OF IBS PATIENTS

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Online forum
social support
IBS
social network analysis

File:

Download Fan_Yang_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Bu Zhong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bu Zhong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
Xiaoyue Niu, Outside Member