Trusting the Data, the Self and “The Other” in Self Tracking Practices

The aim of the paper is to analyze trust in data and the role of the other in self tracking practices. More specifically the papers focuses on self tracking in fitness and QS communities, and how personal trainers and data coaches assist in reading and setting up frames of action.



Citation:

Dorthe Brogård Kristensen (2018) ,"Trusting the Data, the Self and “The Other” in Self Tracking Practices", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 46, eds. Andrew Gershoff, Robert Kozinets, and Tiffany White, Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 50-56.

Authors

Dorthe Brogård Kristensen, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark



Volume

NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 46 | 2018



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