Books
The Rise Of Online Advertising For Non-Monetary Rent Arrangements In The Online Markeplace
The growth of online marketplaces has led to an explosion of a new type of advertisement with potential tenants being asked for just more than their monthly rent. Online marketplaces have made these situations more visible through several features of the platforms that host these ads. Understanding those features can help us better understand how common internet platforms contribute to ongoing gendered inequality.
(more…)Best Teaching Award
I’m proud to have won a Teaching Excellence Award in the Social Sciences at Oxford this year. Thank you to the students who nominated me for this Excellence in Supervision award!
The Political Economy of Digital Health
The Internet and digital media are increasingly seen as having enormous potential for solving problems facing healthcare systems. This chapter traces emerging “digital health” uses and applications, focusing on the political economy of data. For many people, the ability to access their own data through social media and connect with people with similar conditions holds enormous potential to empower them and improve healthcare decisions. For researchers, digital health tools present new forms of always-on data that may lead to major discoveries. Technology and telecommunications Companies hope their customers’ data can answer key health questions or encourage healthier behavior.
- Gina Neff, “The Political Economy of Digital Health” in Society and the Internet: How Networks of Information and Communication are Changing Our Lives. Edited by Mark Graham and William H. Dutton (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2019).