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Article: Commodification and marketisation of genetic testing through online direct-to-consumer platforms in Hong Kong
Title | Commodification and marketisation of genetic testing through online direct-to-consumer platforms in Hong Kong |
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Keywords | Commodification Direct-to-consumer genetic testing Discourse analysis Empowerment discourse Genetic determinism |
Issue Date | 2017 |
Publisher | Sage Publications Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://dcm.sagepub.com |
Citation | Discourse & Communication, 2017, v. 11 n. 6, p. 630-347 How to Cite? |
Abstract | In this article we examine commodification and marketisation of genetic testing by companies offering direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing to the general public through online platforms in Hong Kong. Recently, offers of genetic testing have expanded from scientific and clinical genetic settings to general medicine (e.g. in hereditary cancer) and non-medical domains (e.g. aptitude tests). The wider availability of tests, however, has raised concerns about the currently available scientifically proven utility of these tests. Using theme-oriented discourse analysis, we analyse the specific discursive modalities through which the DTC companies in Hong Kong make inflated claims about the value of genetic tests to pursue their marketing agenda. We show that in this way the companies are selling ‘more’ than specific products to consumers: they are selling ‘hope’ and ‘increased autonomy’, that is, an opportunity to buy commodities online that promise consumers control of their health and wellbeing. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/244520 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.1 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.650 |
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dc.contributor.author | Zayts, OA | - |
dc.contributor.author | Luo, Z | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-18T01:53:58Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-09-18T01:53:58Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Discourse & Communication, 2017, v. 11 n. 6, p. 630-347 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1750-4813 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/244520 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In this article we examine commodification and marketisation of genetic testing by companies offering direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing to the general public through online platforms in Hong Kong. Recently, offers of genetic testing have expanded from scientific and clinical genetic settings to general medicine (e.g. in hereditary cancer) and non-medical domains (e.g. aptitude tests). The wider availability of tests, however, has raised concerns about the currently available scientifically proven utility of these tests. Using theme-oriented discourse analysis, we analyse the specific discursive modalities through which the DTC companies in Hong Kong make inflated claims about the value of genetic tests to pursue their marketing agenda. We show that in this way the companies are selling ‘more’ than specific products to consumers: they are selling ‘hope’ and ‘increased autonomy’, that is, an opportunity to buy commodities online that promise consumers control of their health and wellbeing. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Sage Publications Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://dcm.sagepub.com | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Discourse & Communication | - |
dc.rights | Discourse & Communication. Copyright © Sage Publications Ltd. | - |
dc.subject | Commodification | - |
dc.subject | Direct-to-consumer genetic testing | - |
dc.subject | Discourse analysis | - |
dc.subject | Empowerment discourse | - |
dc.subject | Genetic determinism | - |
dc.title | Commodification and marketisation of genetic testing through online direct-to-consumer platforms in Hong Kong | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Zayts, OA: zayts@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Zayts, OA=rp01211 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/1750481317726926 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85034228914 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 279173 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 11 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 6 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 630 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 347 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000415158200005 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1750-4813 | - |