Abstract
This project examines do-it-yourself (DIY) fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) through the lens of tactical technical communication and rhetoric of health and medicine. While research on microbiome-related interventions like FMT is nascent, patient communities are eager for additional treatment options, leading to the proliferation of online user-generated instructional artifacts for attempting DIY FMT without medical assistance or FDA approval. Simultaneously, generative AI is transforming the information ecologies in which patients engage with medical information and pursue health-related behaviors that align or diverge from approved practices. This project investigates these divergent healthcare practices enabled by user-and AI-generated content.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 42nd ACM International Conference on Design of Communication, SIGDOC 2024 |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery, Inc |
| Pages | 52-59 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9798400705199 |
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| State | Published - Oct 28 2024 |
| Event | 42nd ACM International Conference on Design of Communication, SIGDOC 2024 - Washington, United States Duration: Oct 20 2024 → Oct 21 2024 |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings of the 42nd ACM International Conference on Design of Communication, SIGDOC 2024 |
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Conference
| Conference | 42nd ACM International Conference on Design of Communication, SIGDOC 2024 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Washington |
| Period | 10/20/24 → 10/21/24 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- desire lines
- divergent pathographies
- rhetoric of health and medicine
- tactical technical communication