Enter Your Dinner Now!: Uncovering Persuasive Message Attributes in Tracking Reminders that Motivate Logging
Author(s): Jin Kang Lewen Wei Abstract: Continuous tracking of information is critical for meaningful self-reflection and self-monitoring, but people often forget to log their information in tracking devices. Research indicates that tracking reminders can successfully...
Quantified Self-Using Consumer Wearable Device: Predicting Physical and Mental Health
Author(s): Pardamean, BensSoeparno, HaryonoBudiarto, ArifMahesworo, BharunoBaurley, James Abstract: Objectives: Recently, wearable device technology has gained more popularity in supporting a healthy lifestyle. Hence, researchers have begun to put significant efforts...
Toward Future-Centric Personal Informatics: Expecting Stressful Events and Preparing Personalized Interventions in Stress Management
Author(s): Kwangyoung Lee Hyewon Cho Kobiljon Toshnazarov Nematjon Narziev So Young Rhim Kyungsik Han YoungTae Noh Hwajung Hong Abstract: Stress is caused by a variety of events in our daily lives. By anticipating stressful situations, we can prepare and better cope...
Digital inequalities in the use of self-tracking diet and fitness apps: Interview study on the influence of social, economic, and cultural factors
Author(s): Régnier, FaustineChauvel, Louis Abstract: Background: Digital devices are driving economic and social transformations, but assessing the uses, perceptions, and impact of these new technologies on diet and physical activity remains a major societal...
Being (In)Visible: Privacy, Transparency, and Disclosure in the Self-Management of Bipolar Disorder
Author(s): Justin Petelka Lucy Van Kleunen Liam Albright Elizabeth Murnane Stephen Voida Jaime Snyder Abstract: Research in personal informatics (PI) calls for systems to support social forms of tracking, raising questions about how privacy can and should support...
TandemTrack: Shaping Consistent Exercise Experience by Complementing a Mobile App with a Smart Speaker
Author(s): Yuhan Luo Bongshin Lee Eun Kyoung Choe Abstract: Smart speakers such as Amazon Echo present promising opportunities for exploring voice interaction in the domain of in-home exercise tracking. In this work, we examine if and how voice interaction complements...
From panopticon to heautopticon: A new form of surveillance introduced by quantified-self practices
Author(s): Jean-François De MoyaJessie Pallud Abstract: In this research, we investigate whether quantified-self (QS) technologies, based on wearable technologies, enable individuals' empowerment or lead to their disempowerment. To understand better the potential...
How does fitbit measure brainwaves”: A qualitative study into the credibility of sleep-tracking technologies
Author(s): Zilu Liang Bernd Ploderer Abstract: Consumer sleep-tracking devices provide an unobtrusive and affordable way to learn about personal sleep habits. Recent research focused primarily on the information provided by such devices, i.e., whether the information...
A Life of Data: Characteristics and Challenges of Very Long Term Self-Tracking for Health and Wellness
Author(s): Jochen MeyerJudy KayDaniel A. EpsteinParisa EslambolchilarLie Ming Tang Abstract: As self-tracking has evolved from a niche movement to a mass-market phenomenon, it has become possible for people to track a broad range of activities and vital parameters...
Student discourse on digital self-tracking: Rhetorics and practices
Author(s): Evgeniya G. Nim Abstract: The article examines how Russian students comprehend and use digital technologies for self-tracking (mobile apps, smart wristbands, smartwatches) allowing them to receive behavioral biometrics data. The study presents the results...