Discerning conversational context in online health communities for personalized digital behavior change solutions using Pragmatics to Reveal Intent in Social Media (PRISM) framework.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Online health communities (OHCs) have emerged as prominent platforms for behavior modification, and the digitization of online peer interactions has afforded researchers with unique opportunities to model multilevel mechanisms that drive behavior change. Existing studies, however, have been limited by a lack of methods that allow the capture of conversational context and socio-behavioral dynamics at scale, as manifested in these digital platforms.

Objective

We develop, evaluate, and apply a novel methodological framework, Pragmatics to Reveal Intent in Social Media (PRISM), to facilitate granular characterization of peer interactions by combining multidimensional facets of human communication.

Methods

We developed and applied PRISM to analyze peer interacti

SUBMITTER: Singh T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10206862 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature