The Digital Health Self

Wellness, Tracking and Social Media
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-5292-1015-6
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 503 g

This is a detailed analysis of how understanding of health management past, present and future has transformed in the digital age.
Since the mid-20th century, we have witnessed ‘healthy’ lifestyles being pushed as part of health promotion strategies, both via the state, and through health tracking tools, and narratives of wellness online. This marks a seismic shift from a public welfare state responsibility for health towards individualised practices of digital self-care. Today health has become representative of ‘lifestyle correction' which is performed on social media.
Putting the spotlight on neoliberalism and digital technology as pervasive tools that dictate wellness as a moral obligation, Rachael Kent critically analyses how users navigate relationships between self-tracking technologies, social media, and everyday health management.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kent, Rachael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Wissenschaftsethik, Technikethik
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Materielle Kultur, Wirtschaftsethnologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Transformations of Health in the Digital Society
2. Understanding Our Bodies through Datafication
3. Surveillance Cultures of the Digital Health Self
4. Discipline and Moralism of Our Health
5. Health ‘Disciples’: Technology ‘Addiction’ and Embodiment
6. Sharing ‘Healthiness’
7. Future Directions for the Digital Health Self

Über Autor(innen)

Kent, Rachael
Rachael Kent is Lecturer in Digital Economy and Society in the Department of Digital Humanities at King’s College London, and Founder of tech-wellbeing consultancy Dr. Digital Health.

Rachael Kent is Lecturer of Digital Economy and Society in the Department of Digital Humanities at King’s College London, and Founder of tech-wellbeing consultancy Dr. Digital Health.