Harrison, D;
Marshall, P;
Bianchi-Berthouze, N;
Bird, J;
(2015)
Activity tracking: Barriers, workarounds and customisation.
In: Mase, K and Langheinrich, M and Gatica-Perez, D and Gellersen, H and Choudhury, T and Yatani, K, (eds.)
UbiComp '15: Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing.
(pp. pp. 617-621).
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): New York, NY, USA.
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Abstract
Activity trackers are increasingly popular, but they have high levels of abandonment and little evidence exists to suggest why this is. This paper explores barriers to engagement with activity trackers. We extend previous research by not only characterising the barriers users experienced, such as tracking accuracy and device aesthetics, but also by reporting the workarounds they created. We discuss implications for the design of activity tracking systems by reflecting on these workarounds, the potential for activity tracker design to help overcome existing barriers, and how customisation could play a role.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Activity tracking: Barriers, workarounds and customisation |
| Event: | 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (UbiComp/ISWC'15) |
| ISBN-13: | 9781450335744 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1145/2750858.2805832 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2750858.2805832 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright is held by the owner/author(s). Publication rights licensed to ACM. |
| Keywords: | Quantified self; activity tracking; personal informatics; fitness; health; behaviour change; physical activity |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > UCL Interaction Centre |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1475593 |
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