Networked Cancer

Affect, Narrative and Measurement

AvCarsten Stage

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

This book investigates how individual cancer narratives change in an age of networked social media. Networked cancer: Affect, Narrative and Measurement offers a theoretical framework for understanding this entrepreneurial cancer narrative through an introduction focusing on the key concepts of illness narrative, social media and affect.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-08-11
Mått:148 x 210 x 18 mm
Vikt:422 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:205
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319514178

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Människans biologi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Carsten Stage is Associate Professor, School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University, Denmark. His research interests are illness on social media, affect and participatory cultures.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction.- 2. Cancer blogging and connective action.- 3. Virality, measurement and biological citizenship.- 4. Cancer selfies, scans and the metric power of fascination.- 5. Beyond narrative relief – anger, loneliness and negativity in cancer blogging.- 6. Commemoration, rhythm and the problem of charismatic succession.- 7.Conclusion.-