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Cancer Narratives and Social Media
Carsten Stage
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Description for Cancer Narratives and Social Media
Hardback. Num Pages: 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; MBN; MBS; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
This book investigates how individual cancer narratives change in an age of networked social media. Through a range of case studies, it shows that a new type of entrepreneurial cancer narrative is currently evolving. This narrative is characterised by using illness to build projects and produce various forms of economic and social value, to stimulate affectively involved and large-scale public participation and to communicate across various social media platforms. 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. ... Read more
This book investigates how individual cancer narratives change in an age of networked social media. Through a range of case studies, it shows that a new type of entrepreneurial cancer narrative is currently evolving. This narrative is characterised by using illness to build projects and produce various forms of economic and social value, to stimulate affectively involved and large-scale public participation and to communicate across various social media platforms. 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. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Condition
New
Number of Pages
205
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319514178
SKU
V9783319514178
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Ref
99-15
About Carsten Stage
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.
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