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Research
My research focuses on human crisis and lifeline communication - that is, how people communicate and turn to media in connection with various forms of “biographical interruptions” and life disruptions related, for example, to illness, the body, or shame. Theoretically, I am interested in digital media, affect, narratives and discourses, and participatory culture.
I am co-director of Centre for Health Communication (CHEC)
More specifically, I am currently working on three research projects:
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The use of anonymous counseling services in connection with various experiences of vulnerability. In the project Rådvild, which is supported by the Velux Foundation, I am investigating - together with three colleagues and a number of external collaborators - the frequent use of anonymous counseling services from both an organizational perspective and a user perspective.
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Experiences and narratives of illness related to the use of direct-to-consumer genetic tests. This project is supported by DFF. In it, I, along with a colleague, examine the experiences of different user groups with direct-to-consumer genetic testing as well as the complex temporal experiences of illness - experiences that are linked both to the past as a genetic legacy and to the future as a possible, yet-to-be-realized diagnosis - that these tests create.
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The significance of experiences of powerlessness for the use of online groups concerning chronic illness. This project is supported by the Velux Foundation, and in my subproject I focus on the experiences of bodily, social, existential, and systemic powerlessness that can be associated with living with a chronic illness, as well as on how people with chronic conditions interact online to share and process these feelings of powerlessness in various ways.
Keywords
- Narratives of illness
- Health
- Illness
- Perceptions of illness
- Media theory and criticism
- Social media
- Internet
- Cultural forms of expression
- Affect
- Qualitative methods
- Affective methodologies
- Discourse analysis
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Velux HUMpraxis: "RÅDVILD - Et intervenerende forskningsprojekt om faste brugeres kommunikation med sociale rådgivningstilbud"
Stage, C. (CoPI), Brøgger, M. N. (Participant), Sindahl, T. N. (Participant) & Rasmussen, P. (Participant)
01/05/2024 → 01/07/2027
Project: Research
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DFF (FP1): "Genetic hauntings - Pre-patient illness narratives in the era of direct-to-consumer genetic testing"
Stage, C. (PI) & Nielsen, A.-K. S. (Participant)
01/01/2023 → 31/08/2026
Project: Research
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Afmagt i Danmark: En humanistisk undersøgelse af afmagtens former, manifestationer og potentialer i det 21. århundrede
Rytter, M. (PI), Gram-Skjoldager, K. (Project manager), Thorup, M. (Project manager), Christensen, H. R. (Project manager), Larsen, S. A. E. (Project manager), Andersen, R. S. (Participant), Dyring, R. (Participant), Dalsgård, L. (Participant), Nygaard, B. (Participant), Stage, C. (Participant), Kjerkegaard, S. (Participant), Fabian, L. (Participant), Brimnes, N. (Participant), Kofoed, J. (Participant), Khawaja, I. (Participant) & Frederiksen, M. D. (Participant)
09/09/2024 → 31/12/2029
Project: Research
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PeerCare – Producing continuity of care in peer-led online communities for patients with chronic conditions
Stage, C. (PI) & Ledderer, L. K. (Participant)
01/08/2021 → 01/02/2023
Project: Research
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Online patient work: On the use of peer-led online communities to process and prevent discontinuity of care
Stage, C., Karlsson, A. & Ledderer, L. K., Mar 2024, In: European Journal of Health Communication. 5, 2, p. 44-59Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile30 Downloads (Pure) -
Navigating ambivalence: A qualitative study of young fitness self-trackers’ engagement with body ideals through social media
Stage, C. & Nielsen, S. B., Jul 2024, In: Health. 28, 4, p. 633-650 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Shame, chronic illness and participatory storytelling
Stage, C., Dec 2022, In: Body & Society. 28, 4, p. 3-27 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
Vital media: The affective and temporal dynamics of young cancer patients’ social media practices
Stage, C., Hvidtfeldt, K. & Klastrup, L., Apr 2020, In: Social Media + Society. 6, 2, p. 1-13Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open Access18 Citations (Scopus) -
Quantified stories of illness and dying on social media
Stage, C., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Handbook of Language and Social Media. Giaxoglou, K. & Tagg, C. (eds.). Routledge, 20 p.Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Presentation: "Making sense of genes. Biohackers' articulation of risk in the context of direct-to-consumer genetic testing"
Stage, C. (Lecturer)
27 Nov 2024Activity: Presentations, memberships, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
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Making sense of genes - Biohackers' use and experience of direct-to-consumer genetic tests
Stage, C. (Lecturer)
27 Sept 2024Activity: Presentations, memberships, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
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Foredrag, Gimsing Sognehøjskole: "Skammens ansigter"
Stage, C. (Lecturer)
4 Mar 2024Activity: Presentations, memberships, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
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Presentation at seminar on Digital Identities and Personal Narratives: "Making sense of genes: Biohackers’ articulation of health and risk in the context of direct-to-consumer genetic testing"
Stage, C. (Lecturer)
2024Activity: Presentations, memberships, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
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Presentation, 2nd symposium in Nordic Network on Media, Communication and Health: "Critical in what way?"
Stage, C. (Lecturer)
2024Activity: Presentations, memberships, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
Press/Media
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Interview om forskningsprojekt: "Rådvild: En undersøgelse af hyppige brugere af rådgivning"
03/12/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Ekspertbidrag til Scleroseforeningens blad Sammen: "Kronisk sygdom kan for mange være forbundet med skam..."
01/11/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Bidrag til artikel i Kristeligt Dagblad: "Klimakrisen kan vække skam. Men det er ikke kun en dårlig ting"
04/08/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media