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Digital Health and the Gamification of Life

- How Apps Can Promote a Positive Medicalization

About 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.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781787543669
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 192
  • Published:
  • October 15, 2018
  • Dimensions:
  • 239x161x17 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 388 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: August 6, 2025

Description of 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.

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