dc.contributor.author | Bavngaard, Martin Vinther | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-02-07T11:25:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-02-07T11:25:31Z | |
dc.date.created | 2023-07-11T11:02:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Mediekultur. 2023, 39 (74), 29-49. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0900-9671 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3116143 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article explores the incorporation of mobile applications in older people’s physical health management through the lens of Foucault’s concepts on self-governance. Based
on ten interviews with older Danes, the article posits that physical health management practices constitute practices of self-governance, involving participants’ attunement to both physical activity and bodily phenomena, which are both facilitated and optimized through app-based self-tracking. The findings align the rationales driving participants’ efforts with the trajectory of the governmental concept of active ageing. Using apps thus becomes inter- twined with participants’ efforts towards ageing successfully, consequently taking on a dual function: Apps strengthen the adherence to norms of conduct for achieving an optimal ageing process by allowing for ubiquitous self-monitoring and self-assessment. Simultane- ously, I argue that apps may also act as a gatekeeper, as lacking the technical competencies to efficiently use apps hinders effective health management and thus clashes with efforts conforming to active ageing. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | Ageing with apps A Foucauldian study exploring older people's use of apps in managing their physical health | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.7146/mk.v39i74.132346 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 2161922 | |
dc.source.journal | Mediekultur | en_US |
dc.source.volume | 39 | en_US |
dc.source.issue | 74 | en_US |
dc.source.pagenumber | 29-49 | en_US |