Young people's uses of wearable healthy lifestyle technologies; surveillance, self-surveillance and resistance
Young people's uses of wearable healthy lifestyle technologies; surveillance, self-surveillance and resistance
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10.1080/13573322.2017.1375907
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发表时间：
2019-03-24
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2.9
通讯作者：
Quennerstedt, Mikael
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作者：
Goodyear, Victoria A. c;Kerner, Charlotte;Quennerstedt, Mikael
一项国际证据表明，健康生活方式数字技术，如exergames、与健康相关的移动的应用程序（“应用程序”）和可穿戴健康设备，正在越来越多地用于教育环境。尽管如此，关于年轻人的经验和使用健康生活方式技术的情况，缺乏深入的经验证据。在这篇文章中，我们专注于年轻人使用可穿戴健康设备- Fitbit -和相关的健康应用程序。通过福柯的工作，目的是调查年轻人发生的监视，自我监视和抵抗。100名13-14奥尔兹（53名女性，47名男性），从五个体育课在两所英国学校参加。数据通过8个焦点小组访谈产生，并采用名义访谈组技术。数据进行了分析，从福柯的理论框架的关键概念。结果表明，Fitbit设备设定的每日10，000步和卡路里燃烧目标鼓励年轻人进行更多的体力活动。身体活动的增加是由于Fitbit通过以下方式促进的自我监督做法：（i）监测和记录步数和燃烧的卡路里，以及（ii）同行比较（或监测）。然而，监督和自我监督的做法显然与健康有关，等同于健身和“健康”或“不胖”。同样，这些对健康的狭隘解释也助长了抵抗。每天的步数和卡路里燃烧目标，（i）没有维持年轻人对设备的参与超过几周，（ii）促进负面情绪，（iii）该设备受到抵制，因为它没有准确记录身体活动作为年轻人日常生活的一部分。反过来，年轻人抵制Fitbit的教育价值，并对在学校和体育场所引入健康设备表示怀疑。
An international evidence-base demonstrates that healthy lifestyle digital technologies, like exergames, health-related mobile applications ('apps') and wearable health devices are being used more and more within educational settings. Despite this, there is a lack of in-depth empirical evidence on young people's experiences and uses of healthy lifestyle technologies. In this article we focus on young people's uses of a wearable health device - Fitbit - and the associated health app. Informed by the work of Foucault, the purpose is to investigate the surveillance, self-surveillance and resistance that occur by young people. One hundred 13-14 years olds (53 females, 47 males), from five physical education classes in two UK schools participated. Data were generated through 8 focus group interviews, and the nominal interview group technique was applied. Data were analyzed using key concepts from Foucault's theoretical framework. The results demonstrated that, the daily 10,000 step and calorie burning targets set by the Fitbit device encouraged the young people to do more physical activity. Increases in physical activity occurred because of the self-surveillant practices promoted by the Fitbit through; (i) the monitoring and recording of steps and calories burned, and (ii) peer comparison (or monitoring). Surveillance and self-surveillance practices, however, were clearly connected to health equating to fitness and being 'fit' or not being 'fat'. These narrow interpretations of health, equally, underpinned resistance. Daily step and calorie burning targets, (i) did not sustain young people's engagement with the device beyond a few weeks, (ii) promoted negative feelings, and (iii) the device was resisted because it did not record physical activity accurately as part of young people's daily lives. In turn, the young people resisted the educational value of the Fitbit and demonstrated a sceptical stance toward introducing health devices in school and physical education settings.