Quantified Self Key Concepts

Draw an example of a self-tracking technology

Tags

Sociology

Gamification

Self-tracking for self-improvement has tenets from which ideology?

• Marxism

• Post-structuralism

• Neoliberalism

Answer explanation

Neoliberalism focuses on productivity and improvement. The responsibility is placed on the individual to constantly be working on the self.

List some characteristics of self-tracking?

Answer explanation

Individualised

Consumable

Mobile

Social

Focus on self-improvement

Quantifiable

Legible data presentation

Constant

What do we mean by prosumption?

• The production and consumption of digital content/platforms

• The positive consumption of digital content/platforms

• The problematic consumption of digital content/platforms

Tags

Sociology

What is gamification?

• the act of playing games

• the use of game design elements and game mechanics in non-game contexts

• the methods in designing a game

• the specific way in which players interact with a game

Answer explanation

From Whitson 2013.

" Playful frames to non-play spaces, leveraging surveillance to evoke behaviour change " p.164

Form of "willing self - surveillance" p.170