Internet Cures

The Social Lives of Digital Miracles

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

In health care, 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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-12-19
Mått:156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt:406 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:176
Förlag:Bristol University Press
ISBN:9781529235166

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

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“In this fascinating tour through the global Vietnamese world of internet cures, Dang Nguyen combines rigorous analysis of online discourse with ethnographic descriptions that reveal healing communities who both transcend geographic boundaries and leap into worlds of miracle and magic.” Erik Harms, Yale University

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: Of Internet Cures and Digital MiraclesPart I: Contextualizing Internet Cures and Digital Miracles2. Miracle Cures in Context: Vietnam as Research Site3. Miracle Cures as Non-Biomedical PracticesPart II: Written Networks of Digital Miracles4. Crowd Digitization of Miracle Cures and the Digitality of Writing5. Mapping Transnational Networks of Written MiraclesPart III: Digital Miracles as Digital Play6. If It’s Worth Doing, It’s Worth Doing Live: Livestreaming Miracles7. Curing as Play: The Internet as Miraculous MilieuEpilogue: Curing at the Digital Edge