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“There is a better you in you”: Promises and Ideologies of Self-Tracking Technologies
tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique, 2023 Self-tracking describes capturing and analysing the body and life using digital technologies. Its popularity is propelled by the widespread availability of enabling technologies like smartwatches or fitness-trackers.
Max Dorfmann +2 more
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Examining Participant Adherence with Wearables in an In-the-Wild Setting
Sensors, 2023 Wearable devices offer a wealth of data for ubiquitous computing researchers. For instance, sleep data from a wearable could be used to identify an individual’s harmful habits.
Hannah R. Nolasco +4 more
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It’s now or never! Future discounting in the application of the online privacy calculus
Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberpspace, 2023 Many people engage in extensive use of networked digital systems despite concerns over their privacy, a phenomenon called the “online privacy paradox.” Although privacy calculus research has argued that the benefits of usage usually outweigh the ...
Marco Lünich +2 more
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Self-tracking modes: reflexive self-monitoring and data practices [PDF]
, 2014 The concept of ‘self-tracking’ (also referred to as life-logging, the quantified self, personal analytics and personal informatics) has recently begun to emerge in discussions of ways in which people can voluntarily monitor and record specific features ...
Deborah Lupton
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Open Cultural Studies, 2018 Since the time between the world wars, the language of emotions has been dominated by the discourse of therapy, starting a style of emotional expression and practice.
Janasik-Honkela Nina
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New Frontiers of Quantified Self 3: Exploring Understudied Categories of Users [PDF]
, 2017 Quantified Self (QS) field needs to start thinking of how situated needs may affect the use of self-tracking technologies.
Cena, Federica +8 more
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European Journal of Health Communication (EJHC), 2022 Smartphone apps for self-tracking breastfeeding emerged as a popular tool among new mothers. Yet, we know little about how mothers use these apps and, most importantly, how self-tracking breastfeeding relates to maternal well-being.
Nariman Sawalha, Veronika Karnowski
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Frontiers in Digital Health, 2021 Self-tracking technologies and practices offer ways of generating vast reams of personal details, raising questions about how these data are revealed or exposed to others.
Deborah Lupton
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Living the metrics : Self-tracking and situated objectivity [PDF]
, 2017 This paper evaluates self-tracking practices in connection with ideas of objectivity via exploration of confrontations with personal data, particularly with reference to physiological stress and recovery measurements.
Pantzar, Mika +1 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 Introduction: Digital health technologies such as self-monitoring devices and apps are becoming increasingly important as tools to promote healthy habits and support individuals in their self-care.
Carolina Wannheden +5 more
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