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Chung CF, Agapie E, Schroeder J, et al. When Personal Tracking Becomes Social: Examining the Use of Instagram for Healthy Eating. Proc SIGCHI Conf Hum Factor Comput Syst. 2017;2017:1674-1687doi: 10.1145/3025453.3025747.
Chung, C. F., Agapie, E., Schroeder, J., Mishra, S., Fogarty, J., & Munson, S. A. (2017). When Personal Tracking Becomes Social: Examining the Use of Instagram for Healthy Eating. Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on human factors in computing systems. CHI Conference, 20171674-1687. https://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025747
Chung, Chia-Fang, et al. "When Personal Tracking Becomes Social: Examining the Use of Instagram for Healthy Eating." Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on human factors in computing systems. CHI Conference vol. 2017 (2017): 1674-1687. doi: https://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025747
Chung CF, Agapie E, Schroeder J, Mishra S, Fogarty J, Munson SA. When Personal Tracking Becomes Social: Examining the Use of Instagram for Healthy Eating. Proc SIGCHI Conf Hum Factor Comput Syst. 2017 May 02;2017:1674-1687. doi: 10.1145/3025453.3025747. PMID: 28516174; PMCID: PMC5432132.
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Proc SIGCHI Conf Hum Factor Comput Syst. 2017 May 02;2017:1674-1687. doi: 10.1145/3025453.3025747.

When Personal Tracking Becomes Social: Examining the Use of Instagram for Healthy Eating.

Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on human factors in computing systems. CHI Conference

Chia-Fang Chung, Elena Agapie, Jessica Schroeder, Sonali Mishra, James Fogarty, Sean A Munson

Affiliations

  1. Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington.
  2. Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington.
  3. The Information School DUB Group, University of Washington.

PMID: 28516174 PMCID: PMC5432132 DOI: 10.1145/3025453.3025747

Abstract

Many people appropriate social media and online communities in their pursuit of personal health goals, such as healthy eating or increased physical activity. However, people struggle with impression management, and with reaching the right audiences when they share health information on these platforms. Instagram, a popular photo-based social media platform, has attracted many people who post and share their food photos. We aim to inform the design of tools to support healthy behaviors by understanding how people appropriate Instagram to track and share food data, the benefits they obtain from doing so, and the challenges they encounter. We interviewed 16 women who consistently record and share what they eat on Instagram. Participants tracked to support themselves and others in their pursuit of healthy eating goals. They sought social support for their own tracking and healthy behaviors and strove to provide that support for others. People adapted their personal tracking practices to better receive and give this support. Applying these results to the design of health tracking tools has the potential to help people better access social support.

Keywords: Food Journals; H5.m. Information interfaces and presentation (e.g., HCI); Health; Personal Informatics; Self-Tracking; Social Media; Social Support

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