Mining the quantified self: Personal knowledge discovery as a challenge for data science
Author(s): Fawcett, Tom Abstract: The last several years have seen an explosion of interest in wearable computing, personal tracking devices, and the so-called quantified self (QS) movement. Quantified self involves ordinary people recording and analyzing numerous...
The privacy paradox: The role of cognitive absorption in the social networking activity
Author(s): Alashoor, Tawfiq Baskerville, Richard Abstract: Prior research shows that Social Network Sites (SNS) users who are concerned about personal privacy tend to disclose less information. However, in real-world settings, SNS users often fail to consider such...
Lesson learned from collecting quantified self information via mobile and wearable devices
Author(s): Reza Rawassizadeh Elaheh Momeni Chelsea Dobbins Pejman Mirza-Babaei Ramin Rahnamoun Abstract The ubiquity and affordability of mobile and wearable devices has enabled us to continually and digitally record our daily life activities. Consequently, we are...
Uranine : Real-time Privacy Leakage Detection and Prevention without System Modification for Android
Author(s): Rastogi, VaibhavQu, ZhengyangMcClurg, JedidiahCao, YinzhiChen, Yan Abstract: Mobile devices are becoming increasingly popular. One reason for their popularity is the availability of a wide range of third-party applications, which enrich the environment and...
360-degree Quantified Self
Author: Hamed Haddadi Ferda Ofli Yelena Mejova Ingmar Weber Jaideep Srivastava Abstract: Wearable devices with a wide range of sensors have contributed to the rise of the Quantified Self movement, where individuals log everything ranging from the number of steps they...
The Transformation of Diabetes Care Through the Use of Person-Centered Data.
Author: Mastrototaro, John J. Abstract: The health care industry is undergoing a major transformation. Despite spending more on health care than any other country, the United States has not seen a commensurate improvement in the quality of care. Chronic disease...
Towards critical digital health studies: Reflections on two decades of research in health and the way forward
Author(s): Lupton, Deborah Abstract: In this article, I provide some reflections on critical digital health research in the context of Health’s 20th anniversary. I begin by outlining the various iterations of digital technologies that have occurred since the early...
The quantified self for learning: critical questions for education
Author(s): Rebecca Eynon Documentation: https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2015.1100797 References: Beach, D., and M. Dovemark. 2009. “Making ‘Right’ Choices? An Ethnographic Account of Creativity, Performativity and Personalised Learning Policy, Concepts and...
Beyond the Quantified Self: Thematic exploration of a dataistic paradigm
Author(s): Ruckenstein, MinnaPantzar, Mika Abstract: This article investigates the metaphor of the Quantified Self (QS) as it is presented in the magazine Wired (2008–2012). Four interrelated themes—transparency, optimization, feedback loop, and biohacking—are...
Being in a mediated world: self-tracking and the mind–body–environment
Author(s): Pink, SarahFors, Vaike Abstract: Self-tracking is an increasingly ubiquitous everyday activity and therefore is becoming implicated in the ways that everyday environments are experienced and configured. In this article, we examine theoretically and...