All Outputs (11)

Linguistic Analysis of Online Communication About a Novel Persecutory Belief System (Gangstalking): Mixed Methods Study (2021)
Journal Article
Lustig, A., Brookes, G., & Hunt, D. (2021). Linguistic Analysis of Online Communication About a Novel Persecutory Belief System (Gangstalking): Mixed Methods Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(3), Article e25722. https://doi.org/10.2196/25722

Background: Gangstalking is a novel persecutory belief system whereby those affected believe they are being followed, stalked, and harassed by a large number of people, often numbering in the thousands. The harassment is experienced as an accretion o... Read More about Linguistic Analysis of Online Communication About a Novel Persecutory Belief System (Gangstalking): Mixed Methods Study.

Corpus discourse and mental health (2020)
Book
Hunt, D., & Brookes, G. (2020). Corpus discourse and mental health. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

Situated at the interface of corpus linguistics and health communication, Corpus, Discourse and Mental Health provides insights into the linguistic practices of members of three online support communities as they describe their experiences of living... Read More about Corpus discourse and mental health.

Discourse and health communication (2020)
Book Chapter
Brookes, G., & Hunt, D. (2020). Discourse and health communication. In Corpus discourse and mental health. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

Special issue: Discourse analysis perspectives on online health communication (2018)
Journal Article
Koteyko, N., & Hunt, D. (2018). Special issue: Discourse analysis perspectives on online health communication. Discourse, Context and Media, 25, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcm.2018.08.002

Expression of empathy in a Facebook-based diabetes support group (2018)
Journal Article
Pounds, G., Hunt, D., & Koteyko, N. (2018). Expression of empathy in a Facebook-based diabetes support group. Discourse, Context and Media, 25, 34-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcm.2018.01.008

Existing studies show that people suffering from chronic illnesses turn to online health communities not only to share and check relevant factual information but also to receive and express empathy from/to their fellow sufferers. Indeed, along with s... Read More about Expression of empathy in a Facebook-based diabetes support group.

The Inclusion of Ethnic Minority Patients and the Role of Language in Telehealth Trials for Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review (2016)
Journal Article
Isaacs, T., Hunt, D., Ward, D., Rooshenas, L., & Edwards, L. (2016). The Inclusion of Ethnic Minority Patients and the Role of Language in Telehealth Trials for Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 18(9), Article e256. https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.6374

Background:
Type 2 diabetes is a serious, pervasive metabolic condition that disproportionately affects ethnic minority patients. Telehealth interventions can facilitate type 2 diabetes monitoring and prevent secondary complications. However, trials... Read More about The Inclusion of Ethnic Minority Patients and the Role of Language in Telehealth Trials for Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review.

Performing health identities on social media: an online observation of Facebook profiles (2015)
Journal Article
Koteyko, N., & Hunt, D. (2016). Performing health identities on social media: an online observation of Facebook profiles. Discourse, Context and Media, 12, 59-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcm.2015.11.003

The increasing role of online technology in mediating our accounts and experiences of health and illness is now well recognised. Whereas earlier research has examined the language of support groups and institutional websites, attention is increasingl... Read More about Performing health identities on social media: an online observation of Facebook profiles.

The many faces of diabetes: a critical multimodal analysis of diabetes pages on Facebook (2015)
Journal Article
Hunt, D. (2015). The many faces of diabetes: a critical multimodal analysis of diabetes pages on Facebook. Language and Communication, 43, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langcom.2015.05.003

Health communication published on Facebook has become a popular source of medical information and large organisations now utilise Facebook to disseminate multimodal representations of health and illness. Drawing on a sample of posts to two popular di... Read More about The many faces of diabetes: a critical multimodal analysis of diabetes pages on Facebook.

'What was your blood sugar reading this morning?': representing diabetes self-management on Facebook (2015)
Journal Article
Hunt, D., & Koteyko, N. (2015). 'What was your blood sugar reading this morning?': representing diabetes self-management on Facebook. Discourse and Society, 26(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/0957926515576631

Social networking sites have swiftly become a salient venue for the production and consumption of neoliberal health discourse by individuals and organisations. These platforms offer both opportunities for individuals to accrue coping resources and a... Read More about 'What was your blood sugar reading this morning?': representing diabetes self-management on Facebook.

UK policy on social networking sites and online health: from informed patient to informed consumer? (2015)
Journal Article
Hunt, D., Koteyko, N., & Gunter, B. (2015). UK policy on social networking sites and online health: from informed patient to informed consumer?. Digital Health, 2015, https://doi.org/10.1177/2055207615592513

Background: Social networking sites offer new opportunities for communication between and amongst health care professionals, patients and members of the public. In doing so, they have the potential to facilitate public access to health care informati... Read More about UK policy on social networking sites and online health: from informed patient to informed consumer?.

Expectations in the field of the Internet and health: an analysis of claims about social networking sites in clinical literature (2015)
Journal Article
Koteyko, N., Hunt, D., & Gunter, B. (2015). Expectations in the field of the Internet and health: an analysis of claims about social networking sites in clinical literature. Sociology of Health and Illness, 37(3), https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12203

This article adopts a critical sociological perspective to examine the expectations surrounding the uses of social networking sites (SNSs) articulated in the domain of clinical literature. This emerging body of articles and commentaries responds to t... Read More about Expectations in the field of the Internet and health: an analysis of claims about social networking sites in clinical literature.