Introduction
The Quantified Self and Statistical Bodies Author(s): Abend, PabloFuchs, Mathias Documentation: https://doi.org/10.14361/dcs-2016-0102 References: Abreu, Amelia (2015): “The Quantified Stoner”, November 26, 2015, (http://mother...
Book Review: The Quantified Self: A Sociology of Self-Tracking
Author(s): Mert, Ceren Abstract: "With the advent of digital devices and software, self-tracking practices have gained new adherents and have spread into a wide array of social domains. The Quantified Self movement has emerged to promote 'self-knowledge through...
The quantified self during travel: mapping health in a prospective cohort of travellers
Author(s): Farnham, AndreaFurrer, ReinhardBlanke, UlfStone, EmilyHatz, ChristophPuhan, Milo A. Abstract: Background: Travel medicine research has remained relatively unchanged in the face of rapid expansion of international travel and is unlikely to meet health...
Reliability of Self-reported Treatment Data by Patients With Breast Cancer Compared With Medical Record Data
Author(s): Kool, MelissaBastiaannet, EstherVan de Velde, Cornelis J.H.Marang-van de Mheen, Perla J. Abstract: Objectives Medical records are considered the gold standard for accurate treatment information. However, treatment data are increasingly obtained from...
Privacy-preserving Quantified Self: Secure Sharing and Processing of Encrypted Small Data
Author(s): Hossein Shafagh Anwar Hithnawi Abstract: The emergence of a plethora of wearables and sensing technologies has enabled non-intrusive digitization of our daily physical activities. Emerging applications utilize such data to make inferences about our...
Tool, toy and tutor: Subjective experiences of digital self-tracking
Author(s): Lyall, BenRobards, Brady Abstract: Since the advent of the smartphone, users have become accustomed to alerts, notifications and reminders to interact with their internet-connected devices. But how do people make sense of prompts to exercise, eat or sleep?...
Examining self-disclosure on wearable devices: The roles of benefit structure and privacy calculus
Author(s): Ersin DincelliXin Zhou Abstract: Wearable devices that allow users to track and monitor physical activities offer various benefits, such as improving self-awareness and promoting positive health-related behaviors. However, wearable devices also pose privacy...
Feeling your data: Touch and making sense of personal digital data
Author: Deborah Lupton Abstract: People’s encounters and entanglements with the personal digital data that they generate is a new and compelling area of research interest in this age of the ascendancy of digital data. Masses of personal information are constantly...
Quantified Self : a Literature Review
Author(s): Pallud, JessieDe Moya, Jean-Francois Abstract: Over the last decade, increasing scholarly interest has been demonstrated by the exponential growth of published studies on the topic of Quantified-Self (QS). After 10 years of existence, it seems important to...
“Our Fitbits, Ourselves?” Wearables, Self-Tracking and Aging Embodiment
Author(s): B.L. Marshall Abstract: As physical activity is considered key to the prevention of many age-related problems and inactivity becomes framed as irresponsible (“sitting is the new smoking”), the market for devices to measure, monitor, motivate and manage...