Table 2 Conventional content analysis codes and categories with definitions
Category | Definition | Code | Â |
|---|---|---|---|
The need for connectedness | The important feeling of relating to others | A person willing to listen | Â |
| Â | Â | A person willing to understand and has a caring attitude | Â |
| Â | Â | Connecting with another person sharing similar experience | Â |
An innovative way to connect yet fearful | A new approach for feeling close to others | A mean for sharing pain | Â |
| Â | Â | Agreeable idea | Â |
| Â | Â | Fearful about confidentiality, bullying and the unknown | Â |
A 3 D Approach | The need to mimic reality while meeting others | Living with friends in cyberspace | Â |
| Â | Â | Availability of the other at all times in cyberspace | Â |
Fear of the unfamiliar | Uncertainty | Human factor barriers: Disease related shame, language… |  |
| Â | Â | Technology factor: Size of the application | Â |