Understanding the Continuous Use of Fitness Trackers : a Thematic Analysis

Becker, Moritz; Kolbeck, Andreas; Matt, Christian; Hess, Thomas (2017). Understanding the Continuous Use of Fitness Trackers : a Thematic Analysis. In: 21st Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2017). Proceedings. Langkawi, Malaysia. 16.-20.07.2017.

[img] Text
UnderstandingtheContinuousUseofFitnessTrackers_AThematic.pdf - Published Version
Restricted to registered users only
Available under License Publisher holds Copyright.

Download (1MB)

Abstract as diabetes, obesity and hypertension. Despite these health-related benefits, perceived costs such as privacy concerns play a crucial role for the persistent success of fitness trackers. To understand which factors influence the continuous use of fitness trackers and investigate the particular role of privacy concerns in this tension field, we conducted 16 semi-structured interviews. Based on a rigorous iterative thematic analysis, where we constantly match our codes with literature, we develop a thematic map that identifies three main user determinants (Perceived Benefit, Perceived Privacy and Perceived Deficiency) and 12 sub-themes. Our findings propose a new theoretical construct (Perceived Relativity), a newly detected tracking motive (Social Tracking) and provides the prerequisites for user agreements to health data collection. By this means, we enable researchers to uncover and visualize user perceptions concerning fitness trackers and provide practitioners with workable suggestions for ensuring their continuous use.

Item Type:

Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)

Division/Institute:

03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Business Management > Institute of Information Systems > Information Management
03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Business Management > Institute of Information Systems

UniBE Contributor:

Matt, Christian

Subjects:

000 Computer science, knowledge & systems
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 330 Economics

Projects:

[854] Privacy and eHealth Official URL

Language:

English

Submitter:

Yves Roulin

Date Deposited:

17 Oct 2017 16:31

Last Modified:

06 Feb 2024 14:59

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/105719

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/105719

Actions (login required)

Edit item Edit item
Provide Feedback