How motivational feedback increases user’s benefits and continued use: A study on gamification, quantified-self and social networking
Author(s): Hassan, LobnaDias, AntonioHamari, Juho Abstract: With the increasing provenance of hedonic and social information systems, systems are observed to employ other forms of feedback and design than purely informational in order to increase user engagement and...
Episodic use: Practices of care in self-tracking
Author(s): Nanna GormIrina Shklovski Abstract: The development of self-tracking technologies has resulted in a burst of research considering how self-tracking practices manifest themselves in everyday life. Based on a 5-month-long photo elicitation study of Danish...
Quantified Play: Self-Tracking in Videogames
Author(s): Egliston, Ben Abstract: This essay develops the concept of “quantified play” to describe and analyze the recent practice of self-tracking in the play of videogames. I argue that statistical, self-tracking utilities in videogames shape how gameplay “appears”...
‘There’s only so much data you can handle in your life’: accommodating and resisting self-surveillance in women’s running and fitness tracking practices
Author(s): Katelyn Esmonde Abstract: The widespread use of Fitbits, Garmins and Apple Watches is emblematic of the ‘Quantified Self’ (QS) movement, where participants utilise digital self-tracking devices to generate a broad range of data on their health and fitness...
‘Technologies of the self and other’: how self-tracking technologies also shape the other
Author(s): Gabriels, KatleenCoeckelbergh, Mark Abstract: Purpose: This paper aims to fill this gap (infra, originality) by providing a conceptual framework for discussing “technologies of the self and other,” by showing that, in most cases, self-tracking also involves...
Co-Designing Food Trackers with Dietitians: Identifying Design Opportunities for Food Tracker Customization
Author(s): Yuhan Luo Peiyi Liu Eun Kyoung Choe Abstract: We report co-design workshops with registered dietitians conducted to identify opportunities for designing customizable food trackers. Dietitians typically see patients who have different dietary problems, thus...
Social Reflections on Fitness Tracking Data: A Study with Families in Low-SES Neighborhoods
Author(s): Herman Saksono , Carmen Castaneda-Sceppa , Jessica Hoffman , Magy Seif El-Nasr , Vivien Morris , Andrea G. Parker Abstract: Wearable activity trackers can encourage physical activity (PA)-a behavior critical for preventing obesity and reducing the risks of...
Configuring personal data for a quantified-self archive
Author(s): Trace, Ciaran B.Zhang, Yan Abstract: An audience exists for personal information, including quantified-self data, beyond an individual's social network and social communities. In the era of big data, the research and policy arenas are two areas where...
“My blood sugar is higher on the weekends”: Finding a role for context and context-awareness in the design of health self-management technology
Author(s): Raj, ShritiToporski, KelseyGarrity, AshleyLee, Joyce M.Newman, Mark W. Abstract: Tools for self-care of chronic conditions often do not fit the contexts in which self-care happens because the influence of context on self-care practices is unclear. We...
HCI and Affective Health
Author(s): Sanches, PedroJanson, AxelKarpashevich, PavelNadal, CamilleQu, ChengchengRoquet, Claudia DaudénUmair, MuhammadWindlin, CharlesDoherty, GavinHöök, KristinaSas, Corina Abstract: In the last decade, the number of articles on HCI and health has increased...