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Internet Cures

The Social Lives of Digital Miracles

Dang Nguyen author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Bristol University Press

Publishing:19th Dec '24

£80.00

This title is due to be published on 19th December, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

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In health care, we come across daily promises of miraculous cures for various ailments. However, in the digital era, the dynamics of experiencing and practicing these remedies have changed.

This book explores the intersection of miracle cures and technology, showcasing their transformation into hybrid forms, such as handwritten recipes captured in photos or tutorials streamed through videos. Combining computational social media data with ethnographic insights from Vietnam and the US, the book captures the interconnected lives of these cures in the digital realm with a unique methodology.

Unravelling the intricate connections between social, technological, biomedical and non-biomedical spheres, this is a significant contribution to how social scientists study online media.

“In this fascinating tour through the global Vietnamese world of internet cures, Dang Nguyen combines rigorous analysis of online discourse with ethnographic descriptions that reveal healing communities who both transcend geographic boundaries and leap into worlds of miracle and magic.” Erik Harms, Yale University

ISBN: 9781529235166

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

176 pages