Internet of things:
1. Self – tracking, quantified self, personal informatics
= “involves practices in which people knowingly and purposively collect information about
themselves, which they then review and consider applying in their lives.” (Lupton, 2016)
= “the permanent gathering and evaluation of self-related data in one’s daily life by using digital technologies –
be it the numbers of steps taken, calories burned, the heart rate, sleep patterns or mood” (Heyen, 2020)
Growing industry:
Stijgende populariteit van health & fitness apps (Feng et al., 2021)
→App store: categorie 9/34 van apps, goed voor 3,41% van alle beschikbare apps (48.608 apps)
→Google Play: categorie 13/33, goed voor 3.53% van alle beschikbare apps (47.140 apps in 3e kwartaal van
2020)
Stijgende populariteit van smart watches, sensoren, apps
Laatste jaren: massaproductie, voordien vooral ‘Quantified Self movement’ in Silicon Valley
Meer en meer onderzoek, MAAR: gebrek aan reviews
SELF – TRACKING IS NIET NIEUW, DE MANIER WAAROP WEL
Quantified self movement:
→Data meten, verzamelen, plotten, visualiseren, analyseren
→Gaat verder dan recreatieve sporters die hun loop – of fietstocht tracken
→Ontwikkelen soms zelf apps of software om meer inzicht te krijgen in hun data
→Onderzoek doen met eigen data (bv: correlatie slaap en productiviteit)
→Zelf experimenten doen, innovators (en early adopters)
→Creeëren dashboard van zichzelf
Self – tracker ‘types’:
Social self – tracker:
- Wil anderen inspireren, zich vergelijken met anderen, …
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