Digital Health and the Gamification of Life

This book analyzes the role of health apps to promote medicalization. It considers whether their use is an individual matter, rather than a political and social one, with some apps based on a medical framework positively promoting physical activity and meditation, or whether data-sharing can foster social discrimination.

About the author

Antonio Francesco Maturo is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Business Law at the University of Bologna, Italy. He taught Sociology of Medicine at Brown University for several years. His research interests are connected to the sociology of health. He has written several articles about the phenomenon of medicalization and digital sociology.Veronica Moretti is Research Fellow in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna, Italy. Her research interests focus on the intersections between technologies and human activities, with specific emphasis on the sociology of health, surveillance and risk studies, and science, technology, and society approach.

Summary

This book analyzes the role of health apps to promote medicalization. It considers whether their use is an individual matter, rather than a political and social one, with some apps based on a medical framework positively promoting physical activity and meditation, or whether data-sharing can foster social discrimination.

Product details

• Authors: Antonio Maturo, Antonio (University of Bologna Maturo, Antonio Francesco (University of Bologna Maturo, Veronica Moretti, Veronica (University of Bologna Moretti
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781787543683
• ISBN: 978-1-78754-368-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 287 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Hardware; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories