The mundane realities of the everyday lay use of the internet for health, and their consequences for media convergence

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 972-992

  Nettleton, Sarah ^a   Burrows, Roger ^a   O'Malley, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Health information; Internet and everyday life; Media convergence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; MASS MEDIUM; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; SOCIOLOGY; STANDARD; TRUST; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MASS MEDIA; NARRATION; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; TRUST;

EID: 29144439300     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2005.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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