Society for Cinema and Media Studies

An exploration of the experience of “health” in the age of the smart watch

Sensing Health-Bodies, Data, and Digital Health Technologies

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Mikki Kressbach is an Assistant Professor in the Film, Television and Media Studies Department. She is currently at work on a manuscript that examines popular digital health and wellness devices and how they shape what it means to "feel healthy" through technology in the twenty-first century. She teaches classes on Film Theory, Digital Media, the Horror Genre, and Health and Technology. Her work can be found in The New Review of Film and Television, Television and New Media, and The Cine-Files.

Mikki Kressbach

Loyola Marymount University

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