Communication Design Quarterly Sep 2023 Open Access

Amplifying Diverse Narratives of Social Support in Online Health Design

Shanna Cameron

Abstract

This article interrogates the competing narratives present in one online community for Asherman syndrome to highlight how certain stories about infertility/parenthood thrive in online discussions while others are suppressed or silenced. The author argues that employing a research stance centered on reproductive justice creates new possibilities for coalition building across differences in community-engaged research design. As reproductive justice frameworks aim to protect all reproductive freedoms, these methods eschew cohesive narratives and instead prioritize amplifying diverse patient voices. The article concludes with patient recommendations for communication design interventions to improve user experience with social support online.

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Communication Design Quarterly
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2023-09-01
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10.1145/3592367.3592373
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