This book analyses the role of technology in the realm of health.
Health apps can promote medicalization and the idea that health is an individual matter, rather than a political and social one.
The authors base their arguments around three theoretical frameworks.
Quantification: the growing importance in our society of markers, rankings, and scores, which thanks to digital devices is fueled by the ease with which it is now possible to collect data.
Gamification: a powerful trend in digi.
| Quantification | The growing importance in our society of markers rankings and scores which thanks to digital devices is fueled by the ease with which it is now possible to collect data |
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| Gamification | A powerful trend in digi |
Emerald Publishing Limited Digital health and the gamification of life: how apps can promote a positive medicalization, hardcover/antonio maturo
