Capturing digital lives

Capturing Intrusive Re-experiencing in Trauma Survivors’ Daily Lives Using Ecological Momentary Assessment

Intrusive memories are common following traumatic events and among the hallmark symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Most studies assess summarized accounts of intrusions retrospectively. We used an ecological momentary approach and index intrusive memories in trauma survivors with and without PTSD using electronic diaries. Forty-six trauma survivors completed daily diaries for 7 c...

Capturing family recipes for digital sharing across the generations

Family recipes are both functional and nostalgic. They evoke important shared memories and transmit time-tested traditional methods of cooking and eating. However, we can lose the essence of Aunt Dottie and the smell of her apron, if we try to fit her favourite recipe into the kind of formal recipe structure used in cookbooks and computerbased recipe software. This paper describes a research pr...

Mobilizar: Capturing User Behavior with Mobile Digital Diaries

In this paper we present Mobilizar, a web-based mobile tool that facilitates the implementation and data collection of self-reported user behavior. Mobilizar was designed with both the researcher and the participant in mind. It provides investigators with a way to setup a new diary study in a matter of minutes and to electronically collect diary data from participants by using internet-enabled ...

Young people's digital lives: The impact of interpersonal relationships and digital media use on adolescents' sense of identity

Transforming lives.