Understanding the promises and premises of online health platforms

Big Data and Society

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Van Dijck, José ^a   Poell, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

datafication; digital platforms; health apps; mHealth; open data; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027102582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20539517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2053951716654173     Document Type: Article

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