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Seeking the opinions of people with T1 and T2 diabetes

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StudentResearcher

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Hello all!

I am a student research at the University of Bath who is interested in how diabetes is represented on social media. Below is a link to a short online survey which asks for your opinion on Instagram posts which use the hashtag "#DiabetesOnAPlate". If you have a laptop/computer and 10 minutes to spare, I would hugely appreciate your participation!

You can take the survey using the following URL:

http://bathsocial.vizzata.com/instagramstudy/group/open-invitation-group-1

Many thanks,
Jessica
 
Did done. I used to work in Bath. A good 6hr drive from my house in the NE. A lovely place.
 
I don’t do surveys that require you to identify yourself and supply an email address I’m afraid but good luck with it.
 
Done but I have absolutely no idea who getting the answers to the questions on the survey is likely to benefit - and did say I couldn't care less what folk say on Instagram or Facebook etc since neither affect my life.
 
Done
 
MikeTurin said:
used a throwaway email address and done it - didn't know about the hashtag
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Thanks Mike!

The email addresses are only so we can reply to you directly if you have any questions - we have no need to identify anyone so a throwaway email address is fine with us!
 
trophywench said:
Done but I have absolutely no idea who getting the answers to the questions on the survey is likely to benefit - and did say I couldn't care less what folk say on Instagram or Facebook etc since neither affect my life.
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Thank you for taking part Jenny! I appreciate your input and have replied to your questions directly to your email.
 
Thank you for replying Jessica.

Since I've aired my views publicly and your reply is perfectly reasonable - this is your reply.

Hi Jenny,

Thank you so much for taking the time to contribute to my research! I will take your comments on board.

I can understand that for someone who has lived with diabetes and who doesn’t use social media these questions might seem trivial and unhelpful. The reason for this research is that there are now a lot of people who do get most of their information from social media; and many will not have your knowledge and personal experience and so may be more influenced by what they see. The simple question (and I agree, it is not the most important) is how do people with and without diabetes respond to these kinds of representations. More broadly, I am in social stigma in diabetes, and how social media might perpetuate misconceptions.

Thank you

Well - this is just one of the DANGERS of living your life by Social Media, instead of gaining info from RELIABLE sources, isn't it?

Such places are not 'Policed' either properly or effectively whatsoever - look at the trouble the authorities have had getting terrorist c**p removed banned etc, and the same with mobile phone info and history.

I haven't the time or the inclination to join the places and shoot the people who perpetrate the c**p down in flames but who has? All we can do is try and indoctrinate kids, grandkids and great grandkids to automatically know that not everything they see in black and white is true, and the only way to assess its veracity is to educate oneself about the subject, but as I said, only from reliable sources.
 
In many ways, I think the representation of diabetes as a bit of a joke subject among the uninformed is similar to the kind of casual prejudices and myths about physical disabilities and mental illness that were commonplace when I was growing up in the 1960s and 1970s. Nowadays a lot of those attitudes have changed to a large extent, but it has taken decades - I suspect the same will apply to diabetes.
 
Done. I'm not really much of a social media user though!
 
That was interesting.
 
I don't use social media at all - Facebook, instagram, twitter. Never have, never will. The privacy on Facebook may mean other users can't see you, but Facebook can, and farm your data as usual. And sell it on.
 
mikeyB said:
I don't use social media at all - Facebook, instagram, twitter. Never have, never will. The privacy on Facebook may mean other users can't see you, but Facebook can, and farm your data as usual. And sell it on.
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Hi Mike,

Please don't let that put you off sharing your thoughts - we are interested in how diabetes is portrayed, not interested in the platform it's portrayed on. The content of the message; not the channel. No experience of or opinion on social media required 🙂
 
StudentResearcher said:
Hi Mike,

Please don't let that put you off sharing your thoughts - we are interested in how diabetes is portrayed, not interested in the platform it's portrayed on. The content of the message; not the channel. No experience of or opinion on social media required 🙂
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Really good luck with your research ! 🙂
 
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