“Isn’t it so heartbreaking to see our loved ones decline right before our eyes...”: Exploring posts as illness stories
Set in the tradition of studies that look at digital interactions, this paper aims to explore the dimension of illness as referred to by informal caregivers in online exchanges. The research attempts to a) describe posts as mediated illness stories by comparing them to the storytelling in interactio...
Main Author: | Marianna Lya Zummo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Milano University Press
2020-11-01
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Series: | Altre Modernità |
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Online Access: | https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/AMonline/article/view/14514 |
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