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the
Body
Behind?
Understanding
the
Web
Impact
on
the
Construction
of
Of>line
Bodies
Rebecca
Nash
rn5g08@soton.ac.uk
Supervisors:
Professor
Catherine
Pope
&
Professor
Susan
Halford
Much early literature on the body and the web sees the web as a disembodied space, where individuals can construct a quite separate fantasy or virtual self. However, as the web has evolved into an interactive and socially mediated web it appears to impact on the ofBline body. My research explores whether the web and users are co-constructing the ultimate individual body project.
Research
Objectives
Examine
how
online
health
information
constructs
ofBline
bodies
Explore
competing
and
contested
Web
spaces
to
show
how
they
inBluence
the
body
Examine
the
impact
of
the
web
on
health
expertise,
and
health
care
regulation
Synthesise
Bindings
to
develop
a
(re)conceptualisation
of
the
web
to
inform
Web
Science
Sociology
The Body
Credit: YourLife
References: Dutton, W.H. & Blank, G. (2011) Next Generation Users: The Internet in Britain, Oxford Internet Survey 2011 Report, Oxford: Oxford Internet Institute Nettleton, S. (2004) The Emergence of E-Scaped Medicine? Sociology, 38 (4): 661-679 Acknowledgement: The Digital Economy Programme is a Research Councils UK cross council initiative led by EPSRC and contributed to by AHRC, ESRC and MRC