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<p>The new forms and practices of communication on the Internet open up an interdisciplinary field of research within which social media interaction is a central research area. In the first months after the outbreak of the Corona pandemic (2020), fake news has been spread massively via social media. Social media data allow the extraction of large amounts of data and can be used in a variety of ways, e.g., to detect side effects of drugs or to identify groups of people who are critical of certain treatments. Drawing on comments on the discussion platform Reddit, the article reveals the role of everyday experience in fixing knowledge about the placebo effect.</p>
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The new forms and practices of communication on the Internet open up an interdisciplinary field of research within which social media interaction is a central research area. In the first months after the outbreak of the Corona pandemic (2020), fake news has been spread massively via social media. Social media data allow the extraction of large amounts of data and can be used in a variety of ways, e.g., to detect side effects of drugs or to identify groups of people who are critical of certain treatments. Drawing on comments on the discussion platform Reddit, the article reveals the role of everyday experience in fixing knowledge about the placebo effect.

Wissensvermittlung im Alltag. Neue Kommunikationspraktiken als Ressource für die Evidenzbasierte Medizin

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The new forms and practices of communication on the Internet open up an interdisciplinary field of research within which social media interaction is a central...

Wissensvermittlung im Alltag. Neue Kommunikationspraktiken als Ressource für die Evidenzbasierte Medizin

Publié en ligne: 19 mars 2024

Pages: 159 - 180

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gb-2023-0009

Mots clés
communication practices, Reddit platform, transfer of knowledge, everyday experience, placebo effect

© 2023 Doris Sava, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Wissensvermittlung im Alltag. Neue Kommunikationspraktiken als Ressource für die Evidenzbasierte Medizin

Publié en ligne: 19 mars 2024

Pages: 159 - 180

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gb-2023-0009

Mots cléscommunication practices, Reddit platform, transfer of knowledge, everyday experience, placebo effect

© 2023 Doris Sava, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
communication practices, Reddit platform, transfer of knowledge, everyday experience, placebo effect