Online Social Support

Online Social Support

Author: Antonina Bambina

Publisher:

Published: 2014-05-14

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 9781624990366

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Online support groups have become a familiar feature of the Internets landscape. The ability of computer-mediated communication to provide support effectively remains an open question, and this book provides a much needed understanding of the kinds of social support in an online support group.


Online Social Support

Online Social Support

Author: Antonina Bambina

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13:

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Online support groups have become a familiar feature of the Internets landscape. The ability of computer-mediated communication to provide support effectively remains an open question, and this book provides a much needed understanding of the kinds of social support in an online support group.


Interpersonal Relations and Social Patterns in Communication Technologies: Discourse Norms, Language Structures and Cultural Variables

Interpersonal Relations and Social Patterns in Communication Technologies: Discourse Norms, Language Structures and Cultural Variables

Author: Park, Jung-ran

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2010-04-30

Total Pages: 521

ISBN-13: 1615208283

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"This book provides interdisciplinary perspectives utilizing a variety of research methods to uncover the fundamental components of computer-mediated communication (i.e., language, interpersonal relations/communication and information technology) which will be discussed in the following section"--Provided by publisher.


Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction

Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction

Author: Shanchieh Jay Yang

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-03-16

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 3642290469

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, held in College Park, MD, USA, in April 2012. The 43 revised papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 76 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics including economics, public health, and terrorist activities, as well as utilize a broad variety of methodologies, e.g., machine learning, cultural modeling and cognitive modeling.


The SAGE Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Author: Steven G. Rogelberg

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2016-09-27

Total Pages: 3502

ISBN-13: 1506353207

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The well-received first edition of the Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2007, 2 vols) established itself in the academic library market as a landmark reference that presents a thorough overview of this cross-disciplinary field for students, researchers, and professionals in the areas of psychology, business, management, and human resources. Nearly ten years later, SAGE presents a thorough revision that both updates current entries and expands the overall coverage, adding approximately 200 new articles, expanding from two volumes to four. Examining key themes and topics from within this dynamic and expanding field of psychology, this work offers a truly cross-cultural and global perspective.


Global Perspectives on Health Communication in the Age of Social Media

Global Perspectives on Health Communication in the Age of Social Media

Author: Sekalala, Seif

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2018-02-09

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 1522537171

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Numerous studies suggest that people with a variety of health concerns are increasingly turning to online networks for social support. As a result, the number of online support communities has risen over the past two decades. Global Perspectives on Health Communication in the Age of Social Media is a critical scholarly resource that examines the illness and pain-and-suffering narrative of health communication. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics, such as social networks, patient empowerment, and e-health, this book is geared towards professionals and researchers in health informatics as well as students, practitioners, clinicians, and academics.


Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction

Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction

Author: Ariel M. Greenberg

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2013-03-02

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13: 3642372104

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, SBP 2013, held in Washington, DC, USA in April 2013. The total of 57 contributions, which consists of papers and posters, included in this volume was carefully reviewed and selected from 137 submissions. This conference is strongly committed to multidisciplinarity, consistent with recent trends in computational social science and related fields. The topics covered are: behavioral science, health sciences, military science and information science. There are also many papers that provide methodological innovation as well as new domain-specific findings.


Social Computing and Social Media. Participation, User Experience, Consumer Experience, and Applications of Social Computing

Social Computing and Social Media. Participation, User Experience, Consumer Experience, and Applications of Social Computing

Author: Gabriele Meiselwitz

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-07-10

Total Pages: 648

ISBN-13: 3030495760

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This two-volume set LNCS 12194 and 12195 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media, SCSM 2020, held as part of the 22nd International Conference, HCI International 2020, which was planned to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in July 2020. The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The total of 1439 papers and 238 posters have been accepted for publication in the HCII 2020 proceedings from a total of 6326 submissions. SCSM 2020 includes a total of 93 papers which are organized in topical sections named: Design Issues in Social Computing, Ethics and Misinformation in Social Media, User Behavior and Social Network Analysis, Participation and Collaboration in Online Communities, Social Computing and User Experience, Social Media Marketing and Consumer Experience, Social Computing for Well-Being, Learning, and Entertainment.


Smart Health

Smart Health

Author: Hsinchun Chen

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-10-25

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 3030036499

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the International Conference for Smart Health, ICSH 2018, held in Wuhan, China, in July 2018. The 14 full papers and 21 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 49 submissions. They focus on studies on the principles, approaches, models, frameworks, new applications, and effects of using novel information technology to address healthcare problems and improve social welfare. The selected papers are organized into the following topics: smart hospital; online health community; mobile health; medical big data and healthcare machine learning; chronic disease management; and health informatics.