Theme | Example of tweets | Number of themes | Percentage of themes |
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Seeking explicit advice | ▶ ‘how do you know if you have a #concussion?’▶ ‘Yep. Pretty sure it's a concussion. What do I do? No sleeping, right?’ | 19 | 1.4 |
Seeking or clarifying personal status | ▶ ‘aww..poor chrissyfish! still concussed?’ ▶ ‘yikes! i sure hope it's not a concussion. :(’ | 23 | 1.6 |
Sharing personal information/situation | ▶ ‘Friday night I hit my head on a light panel made of wood inside our van. I have a mild-moderate concussion’ ▶ ‘I hit it on a shelf, almost knocked myself out:/Concussion.. not fun’ ▶ ‘got a slight concussion today *sigh*’ | 377 | 26.8 |
Reporting signs and symptoms | ▶ ‘confession 5: ever since I got my concussion in grade 6, I don't remember much. like sometimes, i don't remember what i did the day before’ ▶ ‘It's scary to think u'v had conversations when u haven't, walking into walls, n a throbbing head..apparently the fun parts of concussion’ | 83 | 5.9 |
Inferred management | ▶ ‘Not suppose to sleep after concussions:/even though they make u want 2 sleep. Cuz said to stay up for a couple more hours’ ▶ ‘Go visit doctor Google. He diagnosed all 3 of my concussions this year before actual doctor’ | 181 | 12.9 |
News | ▶ ‘Concussion puts Doumit on disabled list - 07-23-2010 http://shar.es/mPPOm’ ▶ ‘Seattle: Harsher language on concussions in new NFL poster http://seattle.cityandpress.com/node/1703535’ | 468 | 33.2 |
Advertising | ▶ ‘#concussions Dangers and long term impact of concussions and head injuries http://bit.ly/bYxHBZ’ ▶ ‘Do you know anyone who has suffered a concussion? If yes, read this & share: http://bit.ly/dvgSOh | 95 | 6.7 |
Downplay | ▶ ‘Concussion is way overrated. Steve Young seems just fine to me. ;-)’ ▶ ‘noooo..you need 3 concussions in 3 weeks to be as cool as me’ | 107 | 7.6 |
Miscellaneous/irrelevant | ▶ ‘New single from head concussion records’ ▶ ‘concussion’ ▶ ‘My little concussed bird friend:D’ | 56 | 3.9 |
Total | 1409 | 100 |
↵* All quotes presented verbatim.