• Manuel Castells, “Galaktyka internetu”, rozdz. 2 i 4,
• Barry Wellman, Milena Gulia, “Virtual communities as communities“,
• Andrew Feenberg, Maria Bakardjieva, “Virtual community: no ‘killer implication’“, New Media & Society 6(1).

• Michael Hardey, Doctor in the house: the Internet as a source of lay health knowledge and the challenge to expertise, “Sociology of Health & Illness“, Volume 21 Issue 6, 2001, Pages 820 - 835, PDF.
• Joëlle Kivits, Everyday health and the internet: a mediated health perspective on health information seeking, “Sociology of Health & Illness”, Volume 31 Issue 5, 2009, 673-687, PDF.
• Flis Henwood et al., ‘Ignorance is bliss sometimes’: constraints on the emergence of the ‘informed patient’ in the changing landscapes of health information, “Sociology of Health & Illness”, Volume 25 Issue 6, 2003,  589-607, PDF.
• Sally Wyatt et all, The digital divide, health information and everyday life, ” New Media & Society” 2005; 7; 199, PDF.
• Henry W. W Potts i Jeremy C. Wyatt, Survey of Doctors’ Experience of Patients Using the Internet.

W wersji bibliotecznej/moich zbiorów na dysku:

• Burkell, J. (2004). “Health Information Seals of Approval: What Do They Signify?” Information, Communication & Society 7(4): 491-509.
• Cartwright, L. (1998). “Community and the Public Body in Breast Cancer Media Activism.” Cultural Studies 12(2): 117-138.
• Fogel, J. (2004). “Internet Breast Health Information Use and Coping among Women with Breast Cancer ” CyberPsychology & Behavior 7(1): 59-63.
• Hardey, M. (2001). “‘E-Health’: The Internet and the Transformation of Patients into Consumers and Producers of Health Knowledge.” Information, Communication & Society 4(3): 388-405.
• Hirsch, B. J. (1981). Social Networks and the Coping Process: Creating Personal Communities. Social networks and social support. B. H. Gottlieb. Beverly Hills, Calif., Sage Publications: 304 p.
• Hsiung, R. C. (2000). “The Best of Both Worlds: An Online Self-Help Group Hosted by a Mental Health Professional.” CyberPsychology & Behavior 3(6): 935-950.
• Josefsson, U. (2005). “Coping with Illness Online: The Case of Patients’ Online Communities.” The Information Society 21: 143-153.

• Kivits, J. (2004). “Researching the ‘Informed Patient’: The case of online health information seekers.” Information, Communication & Society 7(4): 510-530.
• Leimeister, J. M. and H. Krcmar (2005). “Evaluation of a Systematic Design for a Virtual Patient Community.” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 10(4).
• Marton, C. (2000). “Evaluating the Women’s Health Matters Website.” CyberPsychology & Behavior 3(5): 747-760.
• Morahan-Martin, J. (2004). “How Internet Users Find, Evaluate, and Use Online Health Information: A Cross-Cultural Review.” CyberPsychology & Behavior 7(5): 497-510.
• Morahan-Martin, J. and C. D. Anderson (2000). “Information and Misinformation Online: Recommendations for Facilitating Accurate Mental Health Information Retrieval and Evaluation.” CyberPsychology & Behavior 3(5): 731-746.
• Morton, T. A. and J. M. Duck (2001). “Communication and Health Beliefs: Mass and Interpersonal Influences on Perceptions of Risk to Self and Others.” Communication research 28(5): 602-626.
• Nettleton, S., R. Burrows, et al. (2004). “Health E-Types? An Analysis of Everyday Use of the Internet for Health.” Information, Communication & Society 7(4): 531-553.
• Shaw, B., D. H. Gustafson, et al. (2006). “How Underserved Breast Cancer Patients Use and Benefit From eHealth Programs: Implications for Closing the Digital Divide.” American Behavioral Scientist 49(6): 823-834.
• Theofanos, M. F. and C. Mulligan (2004). “Empowering Patients Through Access to Information: The United States Department Of Health and Human Services’ E-health Enterprise.” Information, Communication & Society 7(4): 466-490.
• Walstrom, M. K. (2000). ““You Know, Who’s the Thinnest?”: Combating Surveillance and Creating Safety in Coping with Eating Disorders Online.” CyberPsychology & Behavior 3(5): 761-783.
• Weisgerber, C. (2004). “Turning to the Internet for Help on Sensitive Medical Problems: A Qualitative Study of the Construction of  Sleep Disorder through Online Interaction.” Information, Communication & Society 7(4): 554-574.

(Kon)teksty polskie:

• Marta Grabowska, Wartość dodana internetu na przykładzie internetowych grup wsparcia, w: Wielka sieć. E-seje z socjologii internetu, TRIO, Warszawa 2006.
• Anna Królikowska, Pomocna dłoń w cyberprzestrzeni. Poszukiwanie pomocy i formy jej udzielania w internecie, w: Społeczna przestrzeń internetu, red. Dominik Batorski i in., Academica, Warszawa 2006.
• Marta Olcoń-Kubicka, Uspołecznienie macierzyństwa przez dyskurs w przestrzeni internetowej, w: Społeczna przestrzeń internetu, red. Dominik Batorski i in., Academica, Warszawa 2006.

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