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Illness experience sharing on personal blogs: a case study of Malaysian breast cancer survivors

Illness experience which was very much a private matter is now increasingly becoming a shared public experience on different public spaces including social media, and other interactive online platform such as personal blogs. Past research has shown that sharing illness experience provides emotional...

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Main Authors: Wan Adnan, W. N. A., Ibrahim, N. A., Haladin, N. B
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Press 2019
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P Philology. Linguistics
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91268/1/WanNurAsyura2019_IllnessExperienceSharingonPersonalBlogs.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91268/
http://www.dx.doi.org/10.17576/gema-2019-1904-02
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spelling my.utm.912682021-06-30T12:07:14Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91268/ Illness experience sharing on personal blogs: a case study of Malaysian breast cancer survivors Wan Adnan, W. N. A. Ibrahim, N. A. Haladin, N. B P Philology. Linguistics Illness experience which was very much a private matter is now increasingly becoming a shared public experience on different public spaces including social media, and other interactive online platform such as personal blogs. Past research has shown that sharing illness experience provides emotional support which surpasses traditional face to face support. In addition, studies also suggest that online sharing of illness experience can be both therapeutic as well as beneficial for cancer patients. Thus, exploring cancer discourse on media is important in enhancing understanding of the nature and characteristics of cancer discourse as constructed on social media. This is especially important in breast cancer illness, in the Malaysian context in which survival rate remains low due to lack of awareness and reluctance to perform screening. Hence, a total of three personal blogs written by breast cancer survivors from Malaysia were examined in this study. Taking a discourse analytic perspective, this study explored the positions taken by bloggers when constructing their illness experience and how these positions are realised through the different discursive strategies and linguistic devices. The findings provide insights into how breast cancer patients position themselves when they share their illness experience online. Understanding this new form of illness sharing provides an avenue to better understand breast cancer patients’ journey and their struggles, and the different roles relevant parties can play in their own health care management and information. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Press 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91268/1/WanNurAsyura2019_IllnessExperienceSharingonPersonalBlogs.pdf Wan Adnan, W. N. A. and Ibrahim, N. A. and Haladin, N. B (2019) Illness experience sharing on personal blogs: a case study of Malaysian breast cancer survivors. GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies, 19 (4). ISSN 1675-8021 http://www.dx.doi.org/10.17576/gema-2019-1904-02 DOI: 10.17576/gema-2019-1904-02
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Wan Adnan, W. N. A.
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Haladin, N. B
Illness experience sharing on personal blogs: a case study of Malaysian breast cancer survivors
description Illness experience which was very much a private matter is now increasingly becoming a shared public experience on different public spaces including social media, and other interactive online platform such as personal blogs. Past research has shown that sharing illness experience provides emotional support which surpasses traditional face to face support. In addition, studies also suggest that online sharing of illness experience can be both therapeutic as well as beneficial for cancer patients. Thus, exploring cancer discourse on media is important in enhancing understanding of the nature and characteristics of cancer discourse as constructed on social media. This is especially important in breast cancer illness, in the Malaysian context in which survival rate remains low due to lack of awareness and reluctance to perform screening. Hence, a total of three personal blogs written by breast cancer survivors from Malaysia were examined in this study. Taking a discourse analytic perspective, this study explored the positions taken by bloggers when constructing their illness experience and how these positions are realised through the different discursive strategies and linguistic devices. The findings provide insights into how breast cancer patients position themselves when they share their illness experience online. Understanding this new form of illness sharing provides an avenue to better understand breast cancer patients’ journey and their struggles, and the different roles relevant parties can play in their own health care management and information.
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author Wan Adnan, W. N. A.
Ibrahim, N. A.
Haladin, N. B
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Ibrahim, N. A.
Haladin, N. B
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title Illness experience sharing on personal blogs: a case study of Malaysian breast cancer survivors
title_short Illness experience sharing on personal blogs: a case study of Malaysian breast cancer survivors
title_full Illness experience sharing on personal blogs: a case study of Malaysian breast cancer survivors
title_fullStr Illness experience sharing on personal blogs: a case study of Malaysian breast cancer survivors
title_full_unstemmed Illness experience sharing on personal blogs: a case study of Malaysian breast cancer survivors
title_sort illness experience sharing on personal blogs: a case study of malaysian breast cancer survivors
publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Press
publishDate 2019
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91268/1/WanNurAsyura2019_IllnessExperienceSharingonPersonalBlogs.pdf
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