Hi everyone,

My name is Hanmei Fan and I am a PhD student at the University of Melbourne. I am currently working on a project looking at understanding how people develop their trust toward others in online health communities.

The findings of this study will help online forum providers develop more effective and efficient interface that allows users to locate trustworthy and relevant information in a simpler and faster manner. This in turn will help users build and enhance the bond between others with the similar condition, break out the social isolation, and thus enrich the online health community with more experiential knowledge.

I am looking for voluntary participants for a 45 minutes phone interview and the participation is confidential. I am particularly interested in people who share information and stories online to support others, in order to overcome health issues and achieve goals of wellbeing. This research study has been approved by the University of Melbourne Human Research Ethics Committee (# 1034233.1).

If you are willing to participate, or have any questions, please feel free to contact me at h.fan@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au or 04 3145 6708. I would be delighted to hear from you. You can also visit http://disweb.dis.unimelb.edu.au/student/RHD/hanmeif/recruitingAd.html for more information and share the link on your facebook and twitter.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration!

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Hanmei Fan
PhD Candidate
Department of Information Systems
The University of Melbourne