Internet Cures - Dang Nguyen

Internet Cures

The Social Lives of Digital Miracles

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
176 Seiten
2024
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-3516-6 (ISBN)
99,75 inkl. MwSt
This book explores the intersection of miracle cures and technology with a unique methodology. Unravelling the intricate connections between social, technological, biomedical and non-biomedical spheres, it makes a significant contribution to debates on technology and health.
In healthcare, we come across daily promises of miraculous cures for various ailments. However, in the digital era, the dynamics of experiencing and practicing these remedies have changed.
This book explores the intersection of miracle cures and technology, showcasing their transformation into hybrid forms, such as handwritten recipes captured in photos or tutorials streamed through videos. Combining computational social media data with ethnographic insights from Vietnam and the US, the book captures the interconnected lives of these cures in the digital realm with a unique methodology.
Unravelling the intricate connections between social, technological, biomedical and non-biomedical spheres, this is a significant contribution to how social scientists study online media.

Dang Nguyen is Research Fellow in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society at RMIT University.

1. Introduction: Digital Miracle Cures
Part 1: Digital Miracle Cures and Non-Biomedical Knowledge
2. Prologue: Making Miracles
3. Digital Miracle Cures in Context : Non-Biomedical Knowledge in Vietnam
4. Digital Miracle Cures as Non-Biomedical Knowledge
Part 2: Written Networks of Digital Miracle Cures
5. Writings on a Wall
6. What’s in a Written Miracle Network? Crowd Digitisation of Healing Recipes and the Limits of Written Culture
7. Mapping Vietnamese Digital Networks of Written Miracle Cures
Part 3: Digital Miracle Cures as Digital Play
8. A New Ocular Legacy
9. If it’s Worth Doing, It’s Worth Doing Live: Livestreaming Miracles
10. Curing as Play: Digital Milieu and Imaginary Digital Situations
11. Curing at the Digital Edge

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.12.2024
Zusatzinfo No
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Informatik
Studium 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) Med. Psychologie / Soziologie
Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10 1-5292-3516-2 / 1529235162
ISBN-13 978-1-5292-3516-6 / 9781529235166
Zustand Neuware
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