Fostering “digital subjectivity”: An investigation of digital health narratives in Norway, the Netherlands and Czechia
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Fostering “digital subjectivity”: An investigation of digital health narratives in Norway, the Netherlands and Czechia
Original language description
To be able to tell the story of your illness, as well as relating to the stories of others, has always been important in people’s subjective handling of illness. In the digital age, this practice is extended to the Internet. Today there are various resources offering people possibilities to share and access health and illness narratives online. In this chapter we will look into empirical material from one particular resource, the researcher-driven national sites of DIPEx International. Based on empirical accounts from patients who have shared their narratives on the sites as well as those of its users, we provide insight into what digital health narratives might mean to people who are actually experiencing health challenges. The analysis exposes three core aspects of subjective illness formation that were related to the digital narratives: embodiment, normality and language. Approaching our empirical data through the theoretical lens of “digital subjectivity” allows for an understanding that moves beyond the conceptualisation of digital narratives as instrumental for information sharing only. Furthermore, the perspective also highlights how the distinction between online and offline practices is less relevant or fruitful when considering subjective formations of illness in contemporary society.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30304 - Public and environmental health
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Book/collection name
Navigating digital health landscapes
ISBN
978-981-15-8205-9
Number of pages of the result
20
Pages from-to
107-126
Number of pages of the book
321
Publisher name
Palgrave Macmillan
Place of publication
Singapur
UT code for WoS chapter
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