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    Mapping social identity change in online networks of addiction recovery

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    Authors
    Best, David cc
    Bliuc, Ana-Maria
    Iqbal, Muhammad
    Upton, Katie
    Hodgkins, Steve
    Affiliation
    Sheffield Hallam University
    Western Sydney University
    Monash University
    Job, Friends and Houses, UK
    Blackpool Division, Lancashire Police
    Issue Date
    2017-07-27
    
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    Abstract
    ustainable addiction recovery is determined in part by how social and community resources can be mobilised to support long-term identity change. Given the current growth in technology, we ask what the role of online social interactions is in supporting long-term identity change for people in recovery. The paper also explores the relationship between the evolution of online social networks and key events that members experience in the outside world, based on a project examining changes in online participation over eight months among members of a UK addiction recovery community built around a social enterprise for employment and housing. The social enterprise had an open Facebook page that was used by staff, clients and by a diverse range of individuals not directly involved in the organisation. Based on an analysis of naturally occurring online data on the Facebook page, social network analysis (SNA) and computerised linguistic analysis that quantified emotion and belonging language in posts and subsequent ‘likes’, we found that variations in the structure of the online social network and the content of communication are consistent with ‘core’ members’ experience of those events. Our findings indicate that strong recovery networks supported by positive social interactions can contribute to achieving long-term identity change that supports sustaining engagement in recovery communities.
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    Best, D., Bliuc, A.M., Iqbal, M., Upton, K. and Hodgkins, S., (2018). 'Mapping social identity change in online networks of addiction recovery'. Addiction Research & Theory, 26(3), pp. 163-173.
    Publisher
    Informa UK Limited
    Journal
    Addiction Research & Theory
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10545/625363
    DOI
    10.1080/16066359.2017.1347258
    Additional Links
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/16066359.2017.1347258
    http://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/16029
    Type
    Article
    Language
    en
    EISSN
    1476-7392
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1080/16066359.2017.1347258
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