Content Analysis of Tweets by People with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Implications for Rehabilitation and Social Media Goals

Brunner, M; Palmer, S; Togher, L; Dann, S; Hemsley, B

Content Analysis of Tweets by People with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Implications for Rehabilitation and Social Media Goals

Brunner, M

Palmer, S Togher, L Dann, S Hemsley, B

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Publisher:: Scholar Space at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2019 (HICSS-52), 2019, 52 (Social Media and Healthcare Technology), pp. 4329 - 4338
Issue Date:: 2019-01-08

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dc.contributor.author	Brunner, M https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6823-5189	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Palmer, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Togher, L	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dann, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hemsley, B https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6255-3140	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019-01-08	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2019 (HICSS-52), 2019, 52 (Social Media and Healthcare Technology), pp. 4329 - 4338	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/129671
dc.description.abstract	In this Twitter research, 6874 tweets of six adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI) were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively using content classification [1], inductive coding of content themes, socio-linguistic analysis, and computational analysis in KH Coder. The results reflected that participants used Twitter for: (i) supporting others, including people with TBI; (ii) discussing society and culture, popular issues, news, and personal interests; (iii) connecting with others; (iv) sharing their experiences of life after TBI; (v) knowledge via exchanging information; and (vii) advocacy. ‘Emotional expression’, and ‘connection’ were common threads running across themes. Attending to the expressions of people with TBI on Twitter provides important insights into their lived experiences and could inform the development of user-centered cognitive-communication and social participation goals for people with TBI.	en_US
dc.publisher	Scholar Space at the University of Hawaii at Manoa	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2019 (HICSS-52)	en_US
dc.title	Content Analysis of Tweets by People with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Implications for Rehabilitation and Social Media Goals	en_US
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Abstract:

In this Twitter research, 6874 tweets of six adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI) were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively using content classification [1], inductive coding of content themes, socio-linguistic analysis, and computational analysis in KH Coder. The results reflected that participants used Twitter for: (i) supporting others, including people with TBI; (ii) discussing society and culture, popular issues, news, and personal interests; (iii) connecting with others; (iv) sharing their experiences of life after TBI; (v) knowledge via exchanging information; and (vii) advocacy. ‘Emotional expression’, and ‘connection’ were common threads running across themes. Attending to the expressions of people with TBI on Twitter provides important insights into their lived experiences and could inform the development of user-centered cognitive-communication and social participation goals for people with TBI.

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