Studying Online Cultures/ Working with online communities
Have you ever fake illness to draw the attention of your family or friends? Perhaps to avoid certain activities or simply because you like the special treatment you get. However, there are people who constantly experience this need and cannot control. These people suffer from factitious disorder, a condition in which psychological problems are manifested as physical ones. People who suffer from FD are constantly faking illness that they actually don’t have. In her Ethnographic study Out Patients, Elise Wu participates in online communities in order to learn more about her medical condition and at the same time, to develop her fieldwork. Like Ivana Nikolic, Elise observes and participates
Have you ever fake illness to draw the attention of your family or friends? Perhaps to avoid certain activities or simply because you like the special treatment you get. However, there are people who constantly experience this need and cannot control. These people suffer from factitious disorder, a condition in which psychological problems are manifested as physical ones. People who suffer from FD are constantly faking illness that they actually don’t have. In her Ethnographic study Out Patients, Elise Wu participates in online communities in order to learn more about her medical condition and at the same time, to develop her fieldwork. Like Ivana Nikolic, Elise observes and participates