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Snoring and the Internet: A Cartographic Exploration of Medicalisation

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posted on 2021-12-08, 10:16 authored by Sparks, Christopher

The medicalisation of snoring has led to new industries of diagnosis, treatment, and transport regulation. Bryn Sparks’s research develops a novel mapping technique to model internet-searches about snoring to help investigate medicalisation in the digital era. Bryn’s research explores the medicalisation of snoring across multiple levels: at the micro-level of individuals in whom the internet-search influences conceptions of snoring; at the meso-level of web-sites wherein competition for attention interacts through search-engine feed-back to amplify medicalisation; and at the macro-level of the internet in terms of how the shifting conception of snoring over time reflects a dynamic pattern of medicalisation.

History

Copyright Date

2019-01-01

Date of Award

2019-01-01

Publisher

Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

Rights License

Author Retains Copyright

Degree Discipline

Medical Sociology

Degree Grantor

Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

Degree Level

Doctoral

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy

ANZSRC Type Of Activity code

1 PURE BASIC RESEARCH

Victoria University of Wellington Item Type

Awarded Doctoral Thesis

Language

en_NZ

Victoria University of Wellington School

Graduate School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health

Advisors

Jutel, Annemarie; Trundle, Catherine