Beyond the body: Moving past the metricised bodily goal in self-tracking
Author(s): Kim SnooksRoger WhithamDaniel RichardsJoseph Lindley Abstract: Currently self-tracking systems, that sense and infer data about an individual or ‘the self’, focus on gathering quantitative data about the body. The social features present in these systems...
Exploring self-tracking practices for those with lived experience of bipolar disorder: Learning from combined principles of Patient and Public Involvement and HCI
Author(s): Shazmin MajidRichard MorrissGrazziela FigueredoStuart Reeves Abstract: Bipolar Disorder (BD) is a complex, cyclical and chronic mental illness where self-tracking is central to self-management. Mobile technology is often leveraged to support this. Limited...
Transnational Networks of Influence: The Twitter Presence of the Quantified Self and Maker Movements’ Organizational Elites
Author(s): Anne Schmitz Heiko Kirschner Andreas Hepp Abstract: This chapter examines the transnational Twitter followee-network of the Quantified Self (QS) and Maker movements. Based on a media ethnography as a pre-study, the following questions are addressed: How is...
The Ethics of Self-Tracking. A Comprehensive Review of the Literature
Author(s): Michał Wieczoreka Fiachra O’Brolchain, Yashar Saghai Bert Gordijn Abstract: This paper presents a literature review on the ethics of self-tracking technologies which are utilized by users to monitor parameters related to their activity and bodily...
Engaging with self-tracking applications: how do users respond to their performance data?
Author(s): Alivelu Mukkamala Mimmi Sjöklint Matthias Trier Abstract: Self-tracking devices and applications have become popular in recent years and changed user behaviour. Previous research has primarily focused on the adoption of self-tracking devices and their...
Engaging with Self-Tracking Applications: How do Users Respond to Their Performance Data
Author(s): Ioanna Constantioua Alivelu Mukkamala Mimmi Sjöklint Matthias Trier Abstract: Self-tracking devices and applications have become popular in recent years and changed user behaviour. Previous research has primarily focused on the adoption of self-tracking...
Using self-monitoring technology for nutritional counseling and weight management
Author(s): Chelsea A Carpenter Umelo A Ugwoaba Michelle I Cardel Kathryn M Ross Abstract: Self-monitoring of weight, dietary intake, and physical activity is a key strategy for weight management in adults with obesity. Despite research suggesting consistent...
Shared motivations, goals and values in the practice of personal science: a community perspective on self-tracking for empirical knowledge
Author(s): Enric Senabre HidalgoMad P. Ball,Morgane Opoix Bastian Greshake Tzovaras Abstract: Some individuals do not limit their self-tracking efforts to passively collecting and observing gathered data about themselves, but rather develop it into forms of...
Development and Validation of a Self-Quantification Scale for Patients With Hypertension
Author(s): Guiyue Ma Zhuqing Zhong Yinglong Duan, Zhiying Shen Ning Qin Dehua Hu Abstract: Background: The self-management ability of patients with hypertension is poor, and self-quantification increases gradually with the development of electronics....
Lifelog Retrieval From Daily Digital Data: Narrative Review
Author(s): Ricardo Ribeiro Alina Trifan António J R Neves Abstract: Background: Over the past decade, the wide availability and small size of different types of sensors, together with the decrease in pricing, have allowed the acquisition of a...