Published
Dec 1, 2024Page count
176 pagesISBN
978-1529235166Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
Dec 1, 2024Page count
176 pagesISBN
978-1529235173Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University Press
Internet Cures
In healthcare, 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.
Dang Nguyen is Research Fellow in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society at RMIT University.
1. Introduction: Digital Miracle Cures
Part 1: Digital Miracle Cures and Non-Biomedical Knowledge
2. Prologue: Making Miracles
3. Digital Miracle Cures in Context : Non-Biomedical Knowledge in Vietnam
4. Digital Miracle Cures as Non-Biomedical Knowledge
Part 2: Written Networks of Digital Miracle Cures
5. Writings on a Wall
6. What’s in a Written Miracle Network? Crowd Digitisation of Healing Recipes and the Limits of Written Culture
7. Mapping Vietnamese Digital Networks of Written Miracle Cures
Part 3: Digital Miracle Cures as Digital Play
8. A New Ocular Legacy
9. If it’s Worth Doing, It’s Worth Doing Live: Livestreaming Miracles
10. Curing as Play: Digital Milieu and Imaginary Digital Situations
11. Curing at the Digital Edge
