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Imbalance And Reconstruction:Self-identify Of Eating Disorders In Virtual Community Interaction

Posted on:2015-02-12Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X M MaFull Text:PDF
GTID:2267330425985340Subject:Sociology
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The number of eating disorders has been increasing recent years. By interact with eating disorders in virtual groups, the paper propose the following questions:How do eating disorders manifested as self-identity disorder? How they adapt themselves and reshape their identity in the virtual communities, and ultimately achieve social identity? The paper mainly select theory of Symbolic Interactionism and Identify, analyze the eating disorders’interactive behavior in Baidu Eating Disorder Post Bar.Based on the Symbolic interactionism and self-identify theory, the paper find an analytical way of "imbalance-reconstruction-belongings" to analyze the steps of process. The paper contains following chapters:The second chapter analyze due to cultural misunderstandings and lacking of social support as well as the reality of the situation on their own subjective hide. The third and fourth chapters of the paper analyze how eating disorders adapt themselves and achieve self-identity through the interaction. And the third chapter is from the individual point of view, analyze the eating disorders how to achieve the self-adaption and self-definition through self-emotional disc information seeking and information integration. The fourth chapter analyze how the eating disorders build a group emotional belongings and consolidate the group identity, by groups of mutual emotional supporting, group emotional reaction, clearing boundaries a certain groups. Through the above analysis, explain how the eating disorders online groups complete the self-identity construction through an interaction in virtual community. Finally, the paper summarized the situation of eating disorders, such as cultural misunderstandings, lacking of social support, as well as the negative impact of online interaction. And hope to attract public attention and support for the eating disorder groups.
Keywords/Search Tags:self-identify, group-identify, eating disorders, virtual groups
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