Women supporting women : a discourse analytic study of an online miscarriage support group
Veijola, Ada (2024-04-29)
Veijola, Ada
A. Veijola
29.04.2024
© 2024 Ada Veijola. Ellei toisin mainita, uudelleenkäyttö on sallittu Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0) -lisenssillä (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Uudelleenkäyttö on sallittua edellyttäen, että lähde mainitaan asianmukaisesti ja mahdolliset muutokset merkitään. Sellaisten osien käyttö tai jäljentäminen, jotka eivät ole tekijän tai tekijöiden omaisuutta, saattaa edellyttää lupaa suoraan asianomaisilta oikeudenhaltijoilta.
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-202404293023
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-202404293023
Tiivistelmä
Miscarriage is an extremely common and traumatizing event that women cope with in various ways. While research in the past has largely been medical in nature, there has recently been increasing interest in women’s experiences and narratives of miscarriage. However, very little research exists on how women communicate about their miscarriage experiences in an online setting and even build community with others who have gone through something similar. It is for this reason that this thesis delves into the communication and community-building among women in an online miscarriage support group using methods from computer-mediated discourse analysis. The findings suggest that the miscarriage experience is central to this community, and that in fact, the group’s very existence depends on that shared experience. Furthermore, particularly in light of previous research, the community seems to provide women a safe space to discuss this experience when other support systems have failed or not been sufficient. Despite this, the members of the community maintain a high level of anonymity and scarcely afford personal details outside of their miscarriage experience, indicating a delicate balance between the need for solidarity and the desire to remain safe on the internet.
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