Question 1: 500-600 words Thoits (2011) explores stress-buffering, taking an approach that distinguishes between the types of groups that might impact the how of social support seeking and provision. What are the different kinds of social support Thoits describes, and the types of groups from whom it might be received? Did these relationships resonate with you? Are there any forms of social support and/or purposes for those kinds of social support that were missing? Thoits, P. A. (2011). Mechanisms linking social ties and support to physical and mental health. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 52(2), 145-161. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022146510395592 Question 2: 500 to 600 words Luptons work provides a nuanced perspective on mHealth, including movement tracking and mobile apps. In her more recent (2019) article, she links this to new materialist theoretical perspectives. What have you learned about the agency of non-human devices through reading Luptons work? Does this challenge, confirm, or de-centre what you know or have been taught about subjectivity so far in your studies? Lupton, D. (2019). Toward a more-than-human analysis of digital health: Inspirations from feminist new materialism. Qualitative Health Research, 29(14), 1998-2009. Lipton, D. (2013). Quantifying the body: monitoring and measuring health in the age of mHealth technologies. Critical Public Health, 23(4), 393-403.Show more
