The Issue Publics' De-Pathologization Strategies on Social Media

社交媒体兴起前,女性健康议题鲜有机会公开讨论。社交媒体的兴起为女性提供了一个平台,使她们能够轻松地从专业医生那里获得健康信息,也让她们有了参与讨论健康信息的机会。近年来,微博中出现了多次针对宫颈糜烂去疾病化的话题行动。本研究将在身体政治这个概念的指导下,考察议题公众的话语策略,分析当代中国社会的健康观念和性别文化。本研究发现在微博话题这一机制下由网民自发组织形成的议题公众对反抗医学权力与商业权力的压迫起到了非常重要的作用。 Before the rise of social media, women s health issues rarely had the opportunity to be publicly discussed. The advent of social media has provided women with a platform that allows them to easily obtain health information from professional doctors and participate in discussions. In recent years, several depathologization #hashtag# campaigns regarding cervical erosion have emerged on Weibo. Guided by the concept of body politics, this study examined the issue publics de-pathologization strategies. This study reflected the health attitude and gender culture in contemporary China. Implications regarding how Weibo hashtags can be used as a mechanism for the issue publics to resist the oppression of medical and commercial powers are discussed.