Digital Media and Participatory Cultures of Health and Illness

by Stefania Vicari

This book explores how the complex scenario of platforms, practices and content in the contemporary digital landscape is shaping participatory cultures of health and illness.

The everyday use of digital and social media platforms has major implications for the production, seeking and sharing of health information, and raises important questions about health peer support, power relations, trust, privacy and knowledge. To address these questions,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138603120
• ISBN13: 9781138603127
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"