The digital IPED ecosystem as digital materiality

IF 3.7 Q2 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM
April Henning , Jesper Andreasson
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Abstract

The use of image and performance-enhancing drugs (IPEDs) has expanded beyond elite athletes and bodybuilding subcultures, largely due to the accessibility of online platforms and social media. This study conceptualizes IPED use as a digital IPED ecosystem (DIE), emphasizing the interconnection between digital environments/life and physical practice/life. By integrating these via digital materiality, we explore how online forums, social media influencers, and e-commerce platforms are mutually constructive of IPED discourse, trade, and use. The research maps two key dimensions of the DIE: 1. the online environment, where IPED information sharing and trade take place; 2. the roles of the resident species, including users, sellers, moderators, influencers, and experts. We then discuss the digital-material entanglements, illustrating how online interactions are intertwined with offline IPED behaviors. We critique limited approaches to understanding IPEDs in the online context limited by sharp distinctions between online/offline and physical/digital, arguing it oversimplifies the complex socio-cultural dynamics at play across domains. We propose a framework based in the ideas of digital materiality that moves beyond this divide to understand the DIE, its environments, and the species that interact with and within them, as both digital and physical.
作为数字物质的数字IPED生态系统
提高形象和成绩的药物(IPEDs)的使用已经扩展到精英运动员和健美亚文化之外,这主要是由于在线平台和社交媒体的可访问性。本研究将IPED的使用概念化为数字IPED生态系统(DIE),强调数字环境/生活与物理实践/生活之间的互连。通过数字物质性整合这些,我们探讨了在线论坛、社交媒体影响者和电子商务平台如何在IPED的话语、贸易和使用中相互构建。该研究绘制了DIE的两个关键维度:1。国际知识产权局信息共享和交易的在线环境;2. 常驻物种的角色,包括用户、卖家、版主、影响者和专家。然后,我们讨论了数字材料的纠缠,说明了在线互动如何与离线IPED行为交织在一起。我们批评了理解在线背景下iped的有限方法,这些方法受到在线/离线和物理/数字之间的明显区别的限制,认为它过度简化了跨领域发挥作用的复杂社会文化动态。我们提出了一个基于数字物质概念的框架,超越了这一界限,以理解DIE,它的环境,以及与之互动的物种,无论是数字的还是物理的。
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Performance enhancement and health
Performance enhancement and health Social Sciences-Health (social science)
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