Bodybuilders' accounts of synthol use
The construction of lay expertise online
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4229228 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew Hall (0000-0001-5170-6124), Sarah Grogan (0000-0002-7510-765X, Manchester Metropolitan University), Brendan Gough (0000-0001-7438-0139, Leeds Beckett University) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1939-1948 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1359105314568579 |
| PMID | 25645936 |
| OpenAlex | W1981766080 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 20 |
Synthol is an injectable oil used by bodybuilders to make muscles appear bigger. Widely available on the Internet, it is reported to carry a wide range of health risks and side effects such as localised skin problems, nerve damage and oil-filled cysts, as well as muscle damage and the development of scar tissue. Given the tension between health risk and quick muscle enlargement, how lay users explain and justify their synthol intake becomes an important question. Drawing on discourse analysis, we focus on how lay expertise is worked up by users in the absence of available specialist knowledge by invoking medical and pharmaceutical discourses as legitimation, providing novices with support, gaining trust through positive personal narratives and thus gaining credibility as experts. Results have clear implications for health promotion interventions with bodybuilders
Credibility · Internet privacy · Legitimation · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders · Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions · Medicine · Nursing · Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Extreme case formulations
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Second stories
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |