Announcing Pregnancy Loss on Facebook

Andalibi, Nazanin; Forte, Andrea

doi:10.1145/3173574.3173732

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“…Table 4). How Women Leverage Facebook for Social Support Consistent with previous findings [1], participants appropriated Facebook in many different ways. Some used the platform to document a miscarriage or to notify their network about it; reaching out to close friends sometimes brought comfort.…”

Section: Facebook As a Source Of Support And Informationsupporting

confidence: 78%

“…All ARC studies so far were predicated on the assumption that Facebook, despite its many security flaws, was an appropriate medium because most participants already use the platform to reach out to others. In this paper, we unpack this assumption based on a recent ARC study of women who have experienced miscarriage and contextualise our findings with recent work on online social support for women who have miscarried [1]. Women may avoid openly speaking about their miscarriage in face-to-face conversation [2].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It can be even more difficult to talk about miscarriage to a wide network of acquaintances. However, for some women, Facebook can make it easier to self-disclose and can provide safe and comfortable spaces to talk about their concerns and thoughts [1].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Facebook for Support versus Facebook for Research

Alqassim

Kresnye

Siek

et al. 2019

Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Researchers use Asynchronous Remote Communities (ARC) to reach out to target populations who may find it hard to meet in person, or make time for telephone interviews. So far, ARC studies have been conducted using closed and secure groups on Facebook, because most participants are active members of this social network. However, it is not clear how participants' Facebook usage might affect their engagement with an ARC study. In this paper, we report a secondary analysis of a recent ARC study of women who had experienced at least one miscarriage that focused on their information and social support needs. We find participants tend to be comfortable with seeking emotional support on Facebook, and even those who say they rarely post to Facebook engage with most group activities. We discuss implications for choosing platforms for ARC studies.

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Facebook for Support versus Facebook for Research

Alqassim

Kresnye

Siek

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Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…Social technologies are increasingly pervasive in people's experiences with life transitions. Social computing research shows that social technologies benefit people during a wide range of life changes [30] such as transitioning from high school to college [9,34,41], relationship breakups [19,33], changing health conditions [29], pregnancy loss [2], Oliver L. Haimson is an Assistant Professor at University of Michigan School of Information. He conducts social computing research focused on people's changing identities on social media during life transitions, with a research goal of impacting technological inclusion of marginalized users.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Although social technologies can be beneficial during life changes, people also face many challenges using social technologies during transitional life periods [8,11,12,18,21,23,30,36]. For instance, managing social lives online is a complex endeavor due to context collapse [43], decisions around disclosure [2], and potential harassment [11]. Thus, many people maintain online identities and networks across several social media sites [18,40,44].…”

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Life Transitions and Social Technologies

Haimson

Semaan

Dym

et al. 2019

Companion Publication of the 2019 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing

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When people experience major changes in their lives (e.g., relationship changes, transition from high school to college, realizing an LGBTQ identity, etc.), they often turn to social technologies to help navigate shifting identities and networks and find support and resources. People's experiences using social technologies during times of life transition, and how to better design such technologies, has been a major focus of social computing research. This workshop will gather researchers working in this space to discuss eight themes: life events vs. processes; changing identities; multiple overlapping life events; physical and digital transitions; technology non-use during life transitions; liminality framework; theoretical frames; and methodological considerations. Collaboratively, we will 1) synergize insights from workshop organizers' and participants' research to determine how social technologies can be designed to better support people during life transitions and 2) outline an agenda for the future of social computing work on life transitions.

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The major life events taxonomy: Social readjustment, social media information sharing, and online network separation during times of life transition

Haimson

Carter

Corvite

et al. 2021

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When people experience major life changes, this often impacts their self-presentation, networks, and online behavior in substantial ways. To effectively study major life transitions and events, we surveyed a large U.S. sample (n = 554) to create the Major Life Events Taxonomy, a list of 121 life events in 12 categories. We then applied this taxonomy to a second large U.S. survey sample (n = 775) to understand on average how much social readjustment each event required, how likely each event was to be shared on social media with different types of audiences, and how much online network separation each involved. We found that social readjustment is positively correlated with sharing on social media, with both broad audiences and close ties as well as in online spaces separate from one's network of known ties. Some life transitions involve high levels of sharing with both separate audiences and broad audiences on social media, providing evidence for what previous research has called social media as social transition machinery. Researchers can use the Major Life Events Taxonomy to examine how people's life transition experiences relate to their behaviors, technology use, and health and well-being outcomes.

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Announcing Pregnancy Loss on Facebook

Cited by 155 publications

References 62 publications

Facebook for Support versus Facebook for Research

Facebook for Support versus Facebook for Research

Life Transitions and Social Technologies

The major life events taxonomy: Social readjustment, social media information sharing, and online network separation during times of life transition

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