"Pro-Ana" Web-Log Uses and Gratifications towards Understanding the Pro-Anorexia Paradox

Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses. Currently, web-logs are hosts to thousands of pro-ana (short for pro-anorexia) blogring participants, joining together with a common claim that eating disorders are "lifestyles not illnesses." This study explored p...

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Main Author: Mantella, Dana G
Format: Others
Published: Digital Archive @ GSU 2007
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Online Access:http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/communication_theses/24
http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1023&context=communication_theses