The daily digital practice as a form of self-care : Using photography for everyday well-being

Brewster, Liz and Cox, Andrew (2019) The daily digital practice as a form of self-care : Using photography for everyday well-being. Health, 23 (6). pp. 621-638. ISSN 1363-4593

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Abstract

Interest in the connection between involvement in digital communities and well-being has increased as these communities become more commonplace. Specific models of interaction that affect well-being have emerged; here, we examine one of those models, termed ‘digital daily practice’. Digital daily practices involve a commitment to doing one thing – exercise, photography and writing – every day and sharing it online. Participants in these practices agree that they provide an unexpected benefit of improving well-being. This article makes an in-depth examination of one digital daily practice, photo-a-day, using a practice theory framework to understand the affordances it offers for well-being. We engage with the literature on well-being and self-care, critiquing its presentation of well-being as an individual trait. We present data from an ethnographic study including interviews and observations to highlight how photo-a-day as a practice functions as self-care and how communities are formed around it. Photo-a-day is not a simple and uncomplicated practice; rather it is the complex affordances and variance within the practice that relate it to well-being. We conclude that this practice has multi-faceted benefits for improving well-being.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Health
Additional Information:
The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Health, ? (?), 2018, © SAGE Publications Ltd, 2018 by SAGE Publications Ltd at the Health page: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/HEA on SAGE Journals Online: http://journals.sagepub.com/
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3306
Subjects:
?? creativityonline communityphotographyself-carewell-beinghealth(social science) ??
ID Code:
123823
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Deposited On:
01 Mar 2018 15:34
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
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31 Dec 2023 00:55