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The Affordances of the Medium: A Comparative Mixed-Method Study of an On-Site and Online Shared Reading Group for People with Cancer Cover

The Affordances of the Medium: A Comparative Mixed-Method Study of an On-Site and Online Shared Reading Group for People with Cancer

Open Access
|Sep 2025

Figures & Tables

Table 1

List of participants.

PARTICIPANTGROUP
ElenaOn-site (1–16) + 2 sessions online)
MartaOn-site (session 1–16)
AliceOn-site (1–12)
TillyOn-site (1–6)
SusanneOn-site (1–16)
BobbyOn-site (session 12–16)
MariaOn-site (session 12–16)
AmberOn-site (session 12–16)
RachelOnline (1–16)
MollyOnline (1–16)
LisaOnline (4–16)
ReeseOnline (6–16)
Table 2

Transcription key.

TRANSCRIPTION KEY
Pxx = the number identifying the participant who is speaking
LThe RL
FThe researcher
Used for silences under 5 seconds during a turn or when a sentence is left unfinished (‘hangings’)
=Used when someone interrupts the person speaking
(laughing)/(crying)/(sniffing)Used when a participant expresses audible emotional responses individually and in the group (group laughter)
(5s)Silences over 5 sec. are marked in the transcription, including the length of the silence
Table 3

Table of counting elements and an overview of quantitative data.

ON-SITENUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS=(LAUGHTER) GROUP(LAUGHING) INDIVIDUAL(SNIFFING)(CRYING)… (SILENCES >5 SEC)(Xs) SILENCES < 5 SECLONGEST SILENCESILENCES AFTER READING ALOUD IN SEC
Session 15103363502011116s16 (P),15 (L),12 (L),9 (L), 6 (L)
Session 34265487404141319s6 (P), 16 (L), 19 (P), 7 (P), 0 (L), 10 (P), 0 (P)
Session 5 (short story)5152275402442426s21 (P), 11 (P), 9 (L), 26 (L)
Session 64337347924601117s17 (L), 9 (P), 7 (P), 0 (P), 5 (P), 7 (P), 0 (L)
Session 8 (short story)27424702173029s15 (P), 29 (L), 26 (P), 10 (P), 0 (P)
Session 10214838602906235s0 (P), 6 (P), 0 (P), 8 (L), 8 (P), 0 (P)
Session 12 (poem)4583220521822s8 (L), 0 (P), 0 (P)
Session 136155398802845724s9 (L), 13 (P), 0 (P), 24 (L)
Session 156105155302343843s25 (P), 22 (P), 0 (P), 0 (L), 8 (P)
ONLINENUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS=(LAUGHTER) GROUP(LAUGHING) INDIVIDUAL(SNIFFING) (CRYING)… (SILENCES >5 SEC)(Xs) SILENCES < 5 SECLONGEST SILENCESILENCES AFTER READING ALOUD
Session 12222601181223s0 (L), 0 (L), 7 (L), 6(L), 23(L), 5 (L)
Session 3 (poem)114280602221s0 (L), 15 (L)
Session 632401011923339s0 (L), 7 (L), 9 (L), 0 (L), 7 (L) 0(L), 6(L), 7(P)
Session 73200601873023s13 (L), 0 (L), 0 (L), 5 (L), 0 (L)
Session 834902401823733s0 (L), 6 (L), 0 (L), 33 (L), 0 (L), 21 (L), 11 (L)
Session 12 (poem)12808060631s7 (L), 31 (P)
Session 13 (poem)22600080814s0 (L), 12 (P)
Session 143231170142819s0 (L), 6 (P), 7 (L), 0 (L), 19 (L)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.61645/ssol.186 | Journal eISSN: 2210-4380
Language: English
Page range: 60 - 83
Submitted on: Feb 29, 2024
Accepted on: Apr 3, 2025
Published on: Sep 5, 2025
Published by: International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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