Enhancing Intrinsic Motivation in Physical Activity through Quantified-self Data Sharing
Author(s): Yang, Nanvan Hout, GerbrandFeijs, LoeChen, WeiHu, Jun Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Quantified-self application is widely used in sports and health management; the type and amount of data that can be detected and fed back to the user are growing rapidly. However,...
The Internet of Things: Social dimensions
Author(s): Lupton, Deborah Abstract: The Internet of Things (IoT) is a vast, dispersed system in which a diverse array of objects, humans, and other living things is connected via “smart” technologies and the Internet. In this article, I present a thematic review of...
Beyond empowerment, experimentation and reasoning: The public discourse around the Quantified Self movement
Author(s): Hepp, AndreasAlpen, SusanSimon, Piet Abstract: This article presents the results of a discourse analysis of press coverage on the Quantified Self (QS) movement in the German and British (online) press between 2007 and 2018. The analysis is driven by two...
Abandonment of personal quantification: A review and empirical study investigating reasons for wearable activity tracking attrition
Author(s): Attig, ChristianeFranke, Thomas Abstract: Wearable activity trackers hold great potential for facilitating self-regulated health behavior, thereby improving physical fitness and preventing cardiovascular diseases. Unfortunately, many users discontinue...
Eye tracking in developmental cognitive neuroscience – The good, the bad and the ugly
Author(s): Hessels, Roy S.Hooge, Ignace T.C. Abstract: Eye tracking is a popular research tool in developmental cognitive neuroscience for studying the development of perceptual and cognitive processes. However, eye tracking in the context of development is also...
From self-tracking to self-expertise: The production of self-related knowledge by doing personal science
Author(s): Heyen, Nils B. Abstract: This article explores the production and type of knowledge acquired in the course of specific digital self-tracking activities that resemble research and are common among followers of the Quantified Self movement. On the basis of...
Data mattering and self-tracking: what can personal data do?
Author(s): Lupton, Deborah Abstract: Self-tracking practices have attracted burgeoning academic interest in recent years. This article draws on interviews with Australians who identify as regular self-trackers, examining the ways in which they describe their...
Becoming Airbnbeings: on datafication and the quantified Self in tourism
Author(s): Minca, ClaudioRoelofsen, Maartje Abstract: Provocatively drawing inspiration from an episode of the Netflix series Black Mirror and China’s Social Credit System this article critically examines the politics and practices of datafication, quantification and...
Measurement, self-tracking and the history of science: An introduction
Author(s): Sysling, Fenneke Abstract: This article introduces the papers contained in this special issue and explores a new field of interest in the history of science: that of measurement and self-making. In this special issue, we aim to show that a focus on...
Recommender systems for IoT enabled quantified-self applications
Author(s): Erdeniz, Seda PolatMenychtas, AndreasMaglogiannis, IliasFelfernig, AlexanderTran, Thi Ngoc Trang Abstract: As an emerging trend in big data science, applications based on the Quantified-Self (QS) engage individuals in the self-tracking of any kind of...
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