Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Sociology Literature Psychology Community medicine, social medicine
Subject areas
Aging Gender Identity Health policy Social Politics Cognitive neuroscience Public Health Communication technology Queertheory Loneliness Social work Aging and health Global mental health ehealth Transgender studies
Research groups
Research projects
Completed research projects
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Virtual Presence: A Cultural Analysis of the Emergence of 'Telepresence Technologies' as a Solution to Loneliness
The research project will provide a cultural analysis of how loneliness is perceived and represented in relation to the emerging phenomenon of loneliness technologies
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Hughes, Gemma; Moore, Lucy; Hennessy, Megan;
Sandset, Tony Joakim Ananiassen
;
Jentoft, Elian Eve
;
Haldar, Marit
(2024).
What kind of a problem is loneliness? Representations of connectedness and participation from a study of telepresence technologies in the UK.
Frontiers in Digital Health.
Vol. 6.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2024.1304085
Jentoft, Elian Eve
;
Sandset, Tony Joakim Ananiassen
;
Haldar, Marit
(2024).
Problematizing loneliness as a public health issue: an analysis of policy in the United Kingdom.
Critical Policy Studies.
https://doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2024.2306240
Jentoft, Elian Eve
(2023).
Technology and older adults in British loneliness policy and political discourse.
19 p.
Frontiers in Digital Health.
Vol. 5.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2023.1168413
Jentoft, Elian Eve
;
Haldar, Marit
(2023).
Panacea or poison? Exploring the paradoxical problematizations of loneliness, technology and youth in Norwegian and UK policymaking.
International journal of sociology and social policy.
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-11-2022-0292