Apps as Artefacts: Towards a Critical Perspective on Mobile Health and Medical Apps

Although over 100,000 health and medical mobile apps have been placed on the market, few critical social analyses have been yet undertaken of the role of these apps in healthcare, preventive health and health promotion. In this article I present an argument for approaching the study of mobile apps a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Deborah Lupton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-10-01
Series:Societies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/4/4/606