‘Not the Real Me’: Social Imaginaries of Personal Data Profiling

Cultural Sociology, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 15(1), P. 3 - 21

Published: Aug. 6, 2020

In this article, I present findings from my Data Personas study, in which invited Australian adults to respond the stimulus of ‘data persona’ help them consider personal data profiling and related algorithmic processing digitised information. The literature on social imaginaries is brought together with vital materialism theory, a focus identifying affective forces, relational connections agential capacities participants’ experiences concerning practices now into future. participants were aware how their generated online engagements, that commercial government agencies used these data. However, most people suggested was only ever partial, configuring superficial static version themselves. They noted as move through life-course, identities bodies are subject change: dynamic emergent. While digital about humans also lively, can never fully capture full vibrancy, fluidity spontaneity human experience behaviour. imaginaries, therefore, personas figured simultaneously less-than-human more-than-human. implications for understanding theorising human-personal relations discussed.

Language: Английский

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Periods as powerful data: User understandings of menstrual app data and information

New Media & Society, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 25(11), P. 3028 - 3046

Published: Aug. 23, 2021

Digital apps for tracking menstruation are widely used. Taking a critical and digital health approach, this research asks how menstrual app users perceive their data. Interviews with 25 across Aotearoa New Zealand, were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. Some participants only track period, while others additional symptoms. They appreciated having choice of data to track, entering extensive amounts Most had not given much thought data, viewing it as uninteresting unproblematic. A small group concerned by the risks managed in several ways. Participants both groups supported research. This demonstrates need literacy limits on use information, where menstruators themselves controlling benefitting from

Language: Английский

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Research-Creations for Speculating About Digitized Automation: Bringing Creative Writing Prompts and Vital Materialism into the Sociology of Futures

Qualitative Inquiry, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 28(7), P. 754 - 766

Published: May 23, 2022

In this article, we present ideas about developing innovative methods for the sociology of futures. Our approach brings together literature on sociotechnical imaginaries and futures with vital materialism theories research-creation methods. We draw our materials from a series online workshops. The workshops involved use creative writing prompts participants across diverse range age groups locations. article ends some reflections implications researching emerging digital technologies methodological theoretical development

Language: Английский

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Training by feel: wearable fitness-trackers, endurance athletes, and the sensing of data

The Senses and Society, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 15(1), P. 25 - 40

Published: Jan. 2, 2020

A wide range of wearable fitness-trackers are currently available that allow users to measure, monitor, visualize, and record numerous training metrics including moving pace, distance traveled, average heart rate, calories burned. Using qualitative data collected through semi-structured interviews with amateur endurance athletes, this paper examines what individuals do their the they produce. Drawing on work Deborah Lupton Sarah Maslen, we take up concepts "data sensing" "more-than-human sensorium" highlight embodied sensory dimensions digital self-tracking. We argue while much appeal fitness-tracking technologies lies in ability generate objective readings one's performance, these devices not supplant less quantifiable more subjective ways understanding self. On contrary, participants our study use quantitative generated by a fitness-tracker conjunction own self-assessments gain holistic sense experiencing during or race day. For many research participants, became central part identity daily routine. Most were reluctant train without fitness-trackers, even when preparing for an event.

Language: Английский

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Data as symptom: Doctors’ responses to patient-provided data in general practice

Social Studies of Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 53(4), P. 522 - 544

Published: April 25, 2023

People are increasingly able to generate their own health data through new technologies such as wearables and online symptom checkers. However, generating is one thing, interpreting them another. General practitioners (GPs) likely be the first help with interpretations. Policymakers in European Union investing heavily infrastructures provide GPs access patient measurements. But there may a disconnect between policy ambitions everyday practices of GPs. To investigate this, we conducted semi-structured interviews 23 Danish According GPs, patients relatively rarely bring them. mostly remember three types patient-generated that for interpretation: heart sleep measurements from results they also spoke extensively about work queries concerning GPs' Patient Reported Outcome system laboratory results. We juxtapose GP reflections on these five practices. These require substantial recontextualization before ascribe evidential value act Even when perceived actionable, patient-provided not approached measurements, suggested by frameworks. Rather, treat analogous symptoms-that say, subjective evidence rather than authoritative measures. Drawing Science Technology Studies (STS) literature,we suggest must part conversation makers digital entrepreneurs around how integrate into healthcare infrastructures.

Language: Английский

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Understanding Well-being Data

New directions in cultural policy research, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 1, 2021

New Directions in Cultural Policy Research encourages theoretical and empirical contributions which enrich develop the field of cultural policy studies.Since its emergence 1990s Australia United Kingdom eventual diffusion Europe, academic studies has expanded globally as arts popular culture have been re-positioned by city, regional, national governments, international bodies, from margins to centre social economic development both rhetoric practice.The series invites all following: policies, politics culture, industries policies (the 'traditiona' such performing visual arts, crafts), creative (digital, media, broadcasting film, advertising), urban regeneration regional labour, production consumption education heritage tourism history media communications policies.The will reflect current emerging concerns as, for example, value, community development, diversity, sustainability, lifestyle eco-culture, planning intercultural planning, citizenship.

Language: Английский

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Contact tracing apps for self-quarantine in South Korea: rethinking datafication and dataveillance in the COVID-19 age

Online Information Review, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 45(4), P. 810 - 829

Published: Feb. 18, 2021

Purpose The first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was documented in China, and the virus soon to be introduced its neighboring country – South Korea. Korea, one earliest countries initiate a national pandemic response COVID-19 with fairly substantial measures at individual, societal governmental level, is an interesting example rapid by Global South. current study examines contact tracing mobile applications (hereafter, apps) for those who were subject self-quarantine through lenses dataveillance datafication. This paper analyzes online/digital data from mandatorily self-quarantined Korean government largely due returning overseas travel. Design/methodology/approach uses Internet ethnography approach collect analyze data. To extract this study, individuals' blog entries collected verified combination crawling manual checking. Content analysis performed codes themes that emerged. In era, method particularly useful gain access are affected situation. advances author’s understandings apps experiences people use them. Findings shows citizens' views using self-tracing application Korea examining their experiences. research argues functions as datafication tool collects people's information performs on people. further offers insights various agreements/disagreements different actors (i.e. self-quarantined, families, tracers/government officials) process COVID-19. Originality/value also provides into implications technology they affect conducted public. investigates ongoing debate COVID-19's concerning privacy builds upon emerging body literature datafication, dataveillance, social control digital sociology. Peer review peer history article available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-08-2020-0377

Language: Английский

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Datafication of Care: Security and Privacy Issues with Health Technology for People with Diabetes

Societies, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(9), P. 163 - 163

Published: Aug. 29, 2024

Through the conceptual framework of datafication, dataism and dataveillance, this study investigates beliefs attitudes regarding datafication related privacy security concerns among individuals with Type 1 diabetes. Qualitative research was conducted through interviews fifty-two diabetes in Poland Italy. The findings reveal a dynamic interplay between self-discipline empowerment. majority interviewees emphasized benefits technologies for gaining better understanding their health condition more effective disease management. However, minority perceived negative effects including which leads to hyper-control disease, dataism, characterized by excessive reliance on dependency technology. Critical about fuelled rejection attitudes, leading some suspend or abandon use. Lastly, reflexivity issues appears be low, particularly older lower levels education socioeconomic status. This results poor underestimation potential risks associated privacy. increase factors that can facilitate hinder adoption technology people

Language: Английский

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Los factores estructurales e intervinientes de la socialización digital juvenil. Una aproximación mediante el método Delphi

Revista Complutense de Educación, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 32(3), P. 415 - 426

Published: April 19, 2021

Este artículo valora el peso de diferentes factores sociales sobre los itinerarios juveniles socialización digital y, en particular, las conductas problemáticas relacionadas con nivel identificación y exposición entornos medios digitales. En un primer momento presentamos modelo basado una investigación documental previa (autores, 2018). El incluye tres tipos factores: (i) variables estructurales “nivel ingresos” formación”; (ii) sociotécnicas, vinculadas al diseño plataformas; (iii) intervinientes proceso digital, tales como la “mediación activa” “estilos aprendizaje”, que transmiten ciertas disposiciones uso segundo lugar resultados estudio Delphi multipanel diseñado para contrastar propuesto juvenil 2019). Los obtenidos muestran tienen mayor importancia definición juvenil. Tal valoramos discusión, esto implica digitales abren nuevas posibilidades diferenciación social, relativamente in/dependientes (o co-dependientes) del ingresos estudios. Finalmente, cerramos conclusiones pueden ser utilidad implementación agendas educativas

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Configuring the body as pedagogical site: towards a conceptual tool to unpack and situate multiple ontologies of the body in self-tracking apps

Learning Media and Technology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 47(1), P. 65 - 78

Published: Jan. 2, 2022

This paper focuses on the relationships among education, self-tracking technologies, and body practices, addressing an ongoing debate about ‘disciplinary versus empowering’ role of health tracking technologies in teaching people how to live. Using a Feminist Science Technology Studies approach (FSTS), it inquires into understandings promoters such have as ‘pedagogical site’ specific context fertility apps. Drawing upon empirical data from multi-sited ethnography technology fairs experts’ congresses, this study offers analytical tool (the Body Tracking Configurations Matrix) unpack situate multiple ontologies

Language: Английский

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