Self-Tracking Empirical and Philosophical Investigations /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ajana, Btihaj (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Technology-Sociological aspects.; Social medicine.; Ethnography.; Big data.; Digital media.; Science and Technology Studies.; Medical Sociology.; Big Data/Analytics.; Digital/New Media.

This book provides an empirical and philosophical investigation of self-tracking practices. In recent years, there has been an explosion of apps and devices that enable the data capturing and monitoring of everyday activities, behaviours and habits. Encouraged by movements such as the Quantified Sel...