Una teoria emergente sobre los relatos en torno al suicidio en dos grupos de discusion ciberneticos: La construccion y el contagio mediatico del suicidio
by Velez Agosto, Nicole M., Ph.D., UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, RIO PIEDRAS (PUERTO RICO), 2011, 160 pages; 3494589

Abstract:

In this research, I analyzed some of the suicide narratives that occurred in the newsgroups alt.suicide.holiday (ASH) and alt.suicide.methods (ASM), from 2000 to the present, using the constructivist grounded theory methods. The purpose of this was to construct a grounded theory also emphasizing the discursive forms that are used in these groups. The theoretical framework and the ontological and epistemological positions in this research were the social constructionism and complexity epistemology considering the construction of multiple realities and identities in cyberspace. The emerging theory, as a result of this research, was the Suicide Media Construction of a Virtual Community. Under this framework, newsgroups such as ASH and ASM are a virtual community in which suicide is constructed as a virtual and shared experience among the participants of the community and it allows varied views about suicide than in other places can't be done because of prejudice. Among them, that suicide is as an existential choice and an action oriented towards a future to deal with the pain and anguish that is perceived.

 
AdviserOtomie Vale-Nieves
SchoolUNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, RIO PIEDRAS (PUERTO RICO)
SourceDAI/B 73-06, p. , Feb 2012
Source TypeDissertation
SubjectsSocial psychology; Sociology
Publication Number3494589
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