This book examines language and communication in digital health, proposing a discourse-oriented approach to genetic literacy, applying it to the study of public engagement with direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing. It will appeal to researchers and students in the areas of sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, and health communication.
This book examines language and communication in digital health, proposing a discourse-oriented approach to genetic literacy, applying it to the study of public engagement with direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing. It will appeal to researchers and students in the areas of sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, and health communication.
Zhengpeng Luo is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, School of Foreign Languages, Peking University. He received his doctoral degree from The University of Hong Kong. His research interests lie primarily at the intersection of language, health, and digital communication.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Genetic literacy and direct to consumer genetic testing. An introduction 2. Literacy, discourse and knowledge 3. Contextualising direct to consumer genetic testing 4. Discourse centred online ethnography 5. Commodification and marketisation of genetic testing 6. "It's just scientific fortune telling": Consumers' accounts of direct to consumer genetic testing 7. Doing genetic literacy in online forum interactions 8. Conclusion
1. Genetic literacy and direct to consumer genetic testing. An introduction 2. Literacy, discourse and knowledge 3. Contextualising direct to consumer genetic testing 4. Discourse centred online ethnography 5. Commodification and marketisation of genetic testing 6. "It's just scientific fortune telling": Consumers' accounts of direct to consumer genetic testing 7. Doing genetic literacy in online forum interactions 8. Conclusion
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