title: Digital body image of users of devices for self-tracking
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metadata.value: Bogomiagkova, Elena S.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2023-11-02T10:35:03Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2023-11-02T10:35:03Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023-06
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Bogomiagkova E. S. Digital body image of users of devices for self-tracking. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Sociology, 2023, vol. 16, issue 2, pp. 183–196. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu12.2023.205 (In Russian)
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu12.2023.205
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/44352
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article presents the results of an empirical study implemented in a combined strategy
  in 2020–2021 and aimed at studying digital practices of healthcare of megalopolis residents.
  One of the focuses of interest was digital self-tracking, namely, the ways users interact with
  data supplied by personal devices, and the construction of a body image as a result of this
  process. The analysis of the data obtained allowed us to formulate several conclusions. Thus,
  for a significant part of active users of digital devices, the generated visual content, expressed
  in quantitative form, is of significant interest. There is an effect of access to the “real” body as
  well as the risks of a gap between personal feelings and digital data. The following arguments
  are put forward in favor of digital information: 1) the gadget can record indicators that are
  not available at the level of bodily sensations; 2) it generates content in ways that go beyond
  the capabilities of an individual. When there are significant discrepancies between digital data
  and subjective experience, as a rule, it is not about their opposition, but about the work of
  coordinating and “smoothing” information received from various sources. Data visualization
  forms an idea of the owners of digital devices about their physical condition and progress in
  achieving their goals. In some cases, the digital body image becomes a reason for communication
  on social networks and a way of self-presentation. For those who actively practice digital
  self-tracking, the body image is considered to be incomplete without information expressed
  in numerical form. Moreover, for feeling corporeality, the experience of vision turns out to be
  fundamentally significant today.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The article was prepared with the support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR),
  project no. 20-013-00770А.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Sociology;Volume 16; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: digital self-tracking
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: digital data
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: digital body image
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: visualization
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: interview
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: healthcare
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Digital body image of users of devices for self-tracking
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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