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Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Volume 17, 2016 - Issue 1
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What is Your Fitness Tracker Communicating?: Exploring Messages and Effects of Wearable Fitness Devices

Daniel St. Clair KreitzbergKinesiology and Health Education in the College of Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX78712Correspondence[email protected]
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Stephanie L. DaileyCommunication Studies, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX78666Correspondence[email protected]
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Teresa M. VogtKinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX78712Correspondence[email protected]
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Donald RobinsonKinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX78712Correspondence[email protected]
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Yaguang ZhuCommunication Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX78712Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 93-101 | Published online: 03 Sep 2016

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Xin Zhou, Archana Krishnan & Ersin Dincelli. (2022) Examining user engagement and use of fitness tracking technology through the lens of technology affordances. Behaviour & Information Technology 41:9, pages 2018-2033.
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Suahn Jang Cho & Yan Tian. (2021) Investigating the role of communication between descriptive norms and exercise intentions and behaviors: findings among fitness tracker users. Journal of American College Health 69:4, pages 452-458.
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Yaguang Zhu, Stephanie L Dailey, Daniel Kreitzberg & Jay Bernhardt. (2017) “Social Networkout”: Connecting Social Features of Wearable Fitness Trackers with Physical Exercise. Journal of Health Communication 22:12, pages 974-980.
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Rithika Lakshminarayanan, Alexandra Canori, Aditya Ponnada, Melissa Nunn, Mary Schmidt Read, Shivayogi V. Hiremath & Stephen Intille. (2022) Exploring Opportunities to Improve Physical Activity in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury Using Context-Aware Messaging. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 6:CSCW2, pages 1-27.
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Willie Leung, Lu Shi & Jaehun Jung. (2022) Comparison of Participation in Strength Activity Between Wearable Device Users and Nonusers: 2017 Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System. Journal of Physical Activity and Health 19:10, pages 673-680.
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Camella J Rising, Anna Gaysynsky, Kelly D Blake, Roxanne E Jensen & April Oh. (2021) Willingness to Share Data From Wearable Health and Activity Trackers: Analysis of the 2019 Health Information National Trends Survey Data. JMIR mHealth and uHealth 9:12, pages e29190.
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Nila Armelia Windasari, Fu-ren Lin & Yi-Chin Kato-Lin. (2021) Continued use of wearable fitness technology: A value co-creation perspective. International Journal of Information Management 57, pages 102292.
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Eleonora Mencarini, Amon Rapp, Lia Tirabeni & Massimo Zancanaro. (2019) Designing Wearable Systems for Sports: A Review of Trends and Opportunities in Human–Computer Interaction. IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems 49:4, pages 314-325.
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