Patients' Convergence of Mass and Interpersonal Communication on an Online Forum: Hybrid Methods Analysis

• Main Authors: Sanders, Remco (Author), Araujo, Theo B (Author), Vliegenthart, Rens (Author), van Eenbergen, Mies C (Author), van Weert, Julia C M (Author), Linn, Annemiek J (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundPatients are increasingly taking an active role in their health. In doing so, they combine both mass and interpersonal media to gratify their cognitive and affective needs (ie, convergence). Owing to methodological challenges when studying convergence, a detailed view of how patients are u...