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Going GoPro: Integrating a wearable camera into qualitative information research
Author(s) -
Polkinghorne Sarah
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
proceedings of the association for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.193
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 2373-9231
DOI - 10.1002/pra2.2018.14505501158
Subject(s) - presentation (obstetrics) , wearable computer , popularity , bittorrent tracker , computer science , qualitative research , human–computer interaction , multimedia , lifelog , data science , sociology , artificial intelligence , psychology , social science , medicine , social psychology , eye tracking , radiology , embedded system
Wearable technology has been a news‐friendly trend in the past decade, particularly given the popularity of, and attendant concerns with, digital fitness trackers. One type of wearable technology, the GoPro camera, has become widely known for enabling first‐person views of athletic feats such as skiing and surfing. Recently, such cameras have begun to be applied within social science research. This visual presentation offers a unique report on the sustainable integration of a GoPro into data collection for a qualitative study of everyday‐life information practices. The presentation details the walking tour method into which the camera has been integrated, as well as the technical and ethical considerations involved in implementation.