 “Doctor Smartphone”: A Dispositive Analysis of the Norwegian Press's Presentation of M-Health ApplicationsMargaret Machniak Sommervold
International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development (IJSKD), 2016, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-16 Abstract: The rapid growth in the field of m-health has not gone unnoticed by the mainstream media in Norway. Norwegian newspapers have a strong presence and outreach and hence play an important role in shaping of the public discourse on various subjects with m-health being no exception. This article presents a Dispositive Analysis of 23 articles from 6 national newspapers concerning mobile health applications. The analysis resulted in an interpretation of the press's technology views as theories of technology, which informed the discussion in this paper. Further, the newspaper articles were understood as discursive practices and analyzed by applying the concept of dispositives. The results of the analysis suggest inclusion of Dispositive Analysis as a step in Participatory Design process as means of enriching the design practices as well as uncovering the marginalized ‘voices' and thus addressing the call for democratization of technology. Date: 2016 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:igg:jskd00:v:8:y:2016:i:1:p:1-16 Access Statistics for this article International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development (IJSKD) is currently edited by Lincoln Christopher Wood More articles in International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development (IJSKD) from IGI Global |
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