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Snoring and the Internet: A Cartographic Exploration of Medicalisation
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posted on 2023-09-26, 23:59 authored by Sparks, ChristopherThe 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
2019-01-01Date of Award
2019-01-01Publisher
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of WellingtonRights License
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0Degree Discipline
Medical SociologyDegree Grantor
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of WellingtonDegree Level
DoctoralDegree Name
Doctor of PhilosophyANZSRC Type Of Activity code
1 PURE BASIC RESEARCHVictoria University of Wellington Item Type
Awarded Doctoral ThesisLanguage
en_NZVictoria University of Wellington School
Graduate School of Nursing, Midwifery and HealthAdvisors
Jutel, Annemarie; Trundle, CatherineUsage metrics
Keywords
SnoringInternetMedicalisationSchool: Graduate School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health160806 Social Theory119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and CultureDegree Discipline: SociologyDegree Discipline: Digital AgencyDegree Discipline: HealthDegree Discipline: Systems ThinkingDegree Discipline: Medical SociologyDegree Level: DoctoralDegree Name: Doctor of PhilosophyMedical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classifiedSocial Theory