PhD Student, Research Assistant
School of Communication and Culture - Media Studies
Helsingforsgade 14
8200 Aarhus N
Denmark
Mobile: +4561707411
School of Culture and Society - Department of Anthropology
Moesgård Allé 20
building 4235, 130
8270 Højbjerg
Denmark
Mobile: +4561707411
In my PhD I inquire how laypeople, who struggle with long-term health-issues, employ social media as a means of seeking information about their illnesses and coping with their situation. As part of my fieldwork I study how people discuss their symptoms, challenges and opportunities for treatment with fellow sufferers online, for example in Facebook-based communities. I do also study how people relate to and employ in their daily lives the knowledge that these online communities convey. This relates to the questions of how (patient) identity is co-constructed/negotiated digitally and how digital media users interact with (or refrain from interacting with) the healthcare system. Put differently, in my research I seek to draw a picture of digital health culture and ways of patienting in the digital age.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › Communication
Project: Research
Project: Research
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
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