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Moritz Meister, MSc
| Titel | Mood Tracking Apps and Mental Health in the Workplace |
| Untertitel | 2nd Conference of the Association of European Qualitative Researchers in Psychology (EQuiP) |
| Typ | Konferenz |
| Texte | Abstract: Oral presentation 2 (Moritz Meister): Mood Tracking Apps and Mental Health in the Workplace
With an ever-accelerating speed, we are currently witnessing the intrusion of personalized tracking technologies into our daily lives and workplaces. Regarding what it is to be tracked, the trend has gone from the physiological and behavioural (steps, calories, heart rate) to the subjective and ‘psychological’ (stress, resilience, mindfulness). This presentation explores the phenomenon of mood tracking: periodically self-protocolling one’s affective state via certain apps that give users quantitative and visual feedback (emojis, points, graphs) but also behavioral recommendations according to their ‘emotional data’. Mood tracking is a prominent feature in mental health and wellbeing apps which are currently proliferating in a variety of areas, from clinical therapy to the workplace.
As techno-material means (microdispositifs), mood tracking apps pertain to core psychosocial mechanisms of self- and other-relations including affective, bodily, and social knowledge. They interpellate their users specifically, convey self-images, and enable or restrict certain modes of interactions. I overall refer to those procedures as subjectivation processes, which need to be examined empirically: how is the implicit understanding, reflection, and communication of one's affects mediated by specifically designed mood tracking applications?
The empirical approach comprises participatory ethnographic walkthroughs of the apps’ user interfaces, including their discursive and visual content; as well as qualitative interviews and group discussions with users that assess concrete modes of reception and appropriation of these technologies. Empirical findings touch on issues of psychosocial change and adaptation in the face of a digitally transformed personal and professional lifeworld.
Keywords: mood tracking, emotions, subjectivation
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| Vortragende | Meister Moritz |
| Beteiligung | Association of European Qualitative Researchers in Psychology: Organisation |
| Datum, Zeit und Ort | Datum: 2024-06-27 - 2024-06-27 Ortsbeschreibung: University Milano Bicocca |
| URL | https://equip2024.com/ |
