Jurnal Studi Komunikasi
Vol 4, No 1 (2020)

Communicating pregnancy complication: a discourse analysis of an online support group

Vidyarini, Titi Nur (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 Mar 2020

Abstract

The increase use of internet open up a broad spectrum of usage. Among those are the use of sharing platform such as Instagram and facebook for particular communities. Support groups are essential part of health treatment and recovery, in this case for pregnancy condition. One can try to find solace and information through online support group. Online support group enable people from around the globe to communicate, discuss and encourage others with similar condition. This article delves the question of how women use internet-based health support group. The researcher conduct qualitative discourse analysis on an online pregnancy support group and various literatures which explores the use of internet-based support group. The findings show that women use online support group because they found lack of support offline, they need information and emotional support regarding their pregnancy loss and the recovery process, the role of medical expert and the spouses are perceived differently.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jsk

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

Jurnal Studi Komunikasi (Indonesian Journal of Communications Studies), one of the journals published by Faculty of Communications Science Dr. Soetomo University, was established in January 2017. Jurnal Studi Komunikasi a double blind peer-reviewed journal, explores critical and constructive ...