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“You Don’t Own a FitBit, the FitBit Owns You”: A Taxonomy of Privacy Attitudes in the Context of Self-Quantification

by Research Team | Jan 1, 2022 | Research Publications

Author(s): Svetlana Smirnova Abstract: Self-tracking—the process of self-quantification for health and wellbeing via mobile applications and wearable devices—increasingly contributes to shaping individuals’ self-understanding, and delivering health and wellness...

Tales of Self-Empowerment through Digital Health Technologies: A Closer Look at ‘Femtech’

by Research Team | Dec 28, 2021 | Research Publications

Author(s): Tereza Hendl Bianca Jansky Abstract: Femtech technologies, such as period and fertility trackers, promise their users empowerment through reliable knowledge about and control over their bodies and ownership of their procreative health. However, the notion...

Using narratives and numbers in performance prediction: Attitudes, confidence, and validity

by Research Team | Dec 20, 2021 | Research Publications

Author(s): A. Susan M. NiessenEdgar E. KauselMarvin Neumann Abstract: In a preregistered prediction-task experiment, we investigated the effect of narrative versus quantified information on decision-maker perceptions, confidence, predictor weighting, and predictive...

Wearable Technologies, Brand Community and the Growth of the Transhumanist Vision

by Research Team | Dec 17, 2021 | Research Publications

Author(s): Duygu Akdevelioglu,Sean Hansen Alladi Venkatesh Abstract: By enabling users to digitally monitor their health and behaviour, wearable technologies foster the perspective of the quantified self, a cultural phenomenon emphasising personal improvement through...

Goal Specificity or Ambiguity? Effects of Self-Quantification on Persistence Intentions

by Research Team | Dec 13, 2021 | Research Publications

Author(s): Haijiao Shi Rong Chen Abstract: Purpose The current study implies self-quantification to consumer behavior and investigates how self-quantification influences consumers’ persistence intentions, then indicates the underlying mechanism and examines the...

Effect of tailored, daily feedback with lifestyle self-monitoring on weight loss: The SMARTER randomized clinical trial

by Research Team | Dec 12, 2021 | Research Publications

Author(s): Lora E. Burke, Susan M. Sereika, Bambang Parmanto, Zhadyra Bizhanova, Jacob K. Kariuki, Jessica Cheng, Britney Beatrice, India Loar, I Wayan Pulantara, Yuhan Wang, Maribel Cedillo, Molly B Conroy Abstract: Objective This study aimed to test the...
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