Using crowdsourced medicine to manage uncertainty on Reddit: The case of COVID-19 long-haulers

CM Thompson, KB Rhidenour, KG Blackburn… - Patient education and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective Causes of and treatments for long-COVID syndrome remain unknown. Drawing on
uncertainty management theory (UMT), this study elucidates the communicative nature of …

Food for thought: Exploring how people think and talk about food online

KG Blackburn, G Yilmaz, RL Boyd - Appetite, 2018 - Elsevier
This exploratory study examined the ways in which people communicate about food online
by analyzing food-related conversations on Reddit, a social news networking site. The …

Is it all in my head? Self-reported psychogenic erectile dysfunction and depression are common among young men seeking advice on social media

T Jiang, V Osadchiy, JN Mills, SV Eleswarapu - Urology, 2020 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE To characterize themes of discussion and specific concerns expressed by users
of an internet erectile dysfunction (ED) community using a mixed-methodology approach …

Cannabis and male sexual health: contemporary qualitative review and insight into perspectives of young men on the internet

GK Shahinyan, MYY Hu, T Jiang… - Sexual Medicine …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Cannabis use is increasing across the United States, yet its short-and long-term
effects on sexual function remain controversial. Currently, there is a paucity of studies …

Heroes or health victims?: Exploring how the elite media frames veterans on Veterans Day

KB Rhidenour, AK Barrett, KG Blackburn - Health Communication, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
We examine the frames the elite news media uses to portray veterans on and surrounding
Veterans Day 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. We use mental health illness and media framing …

[HTML][HTML] Low testosterone on social media: Application of natural language processing to understand patients' perceptions of hypogonadism and its treatment

V Osadchiy, T Jiang, JN Mills, SV Eleswarapu - Journal of Medical Internet …, 2020 - jmir.org
Background Despite the results of the Testosterone Trials, physicians remain uncomfortable
treating men with hypogonadism. Discouraged, men increasingly turn to social media to …

Contradictions and predicaments in instructors' boundary negotiations of students' health disclosures

SF Price, HJ Carmack, K Kuang - Health Communication, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Students often disclose personal health information to their instructors for a variety of
reasons. This puts instructors in an awkward position where they must negotiate the …

Disclosure catalysts in student disclosures of personal health information to college instructors

E Zengaro, HJ Carmack, N Buzzelli… - Health …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
College students often struggle with the decision to disclose personal health information to
their instructors. Students have to weigh the benefits and risks of disclosing personal health …

The language of romance: An open vocabulary analysis of the highest rated words used in romance novels

O Olivarez, R Hardie… - Journal of Language and …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
What are the common linguistic features of top-rated romance novels? The open vocabulary
method was performed on 703 romance novels to determine what words were commonly …

Food foraging online: Exploring how we choose which recipes to search and share

KG Blackburn, J Hontanosas, K Nahas, K Bajaj… - First Monday, 2020 - firstmonday.org
Lifestyle and personality can often be discovered through daily food choices. For instance,
influence through social groups, food documentaries or the desire for fitness/weight loss can …