Participant Driven Photo Elicitation for Understanding Activity Tracking: Benefits and Limitations

Nanna Gorm Jensen, Irina Shklovski

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Abstract

Studying in-situ technology use over time can be difficult and this is especially so when considering technologies such as activity tracking devices explicitly designed to be unobtrusive. Yet understanding activity tracking in practice is crucial, as tracking technologies become important tools for health promotion and health insurance programs. In this paper, we describe a method for a longitudinal participant-driven photo elicitation study of activity tracking. During the five-month long study, our drop-out rates were low and we observed idiosyncratic practices with lapses and particular use patterns among participants along with significant self-reflection on activity tracking as a practice. We describe our method in detail, discussing the necessary adaptations for the study of activity tracking practices. We offer our experiences of benefits and challenges of this process, and suggest points for consideration for future studies in the area.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCSCW '17 Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Publication date2017
Pages1350-1361
ISBN (Print)978-1-4503-4335-0
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
SeriesComputer Supported Cooperative Work
ISSN0925-9724

Keywords

  • methodology
  • qualitative research
  • wearable computing
  • self tracking

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