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Performing a check-in

Year: 2011

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Location-sharing services have a long history in research, but have only recently become available for consumers. Most popular commercial location-sharing services differ from previous research efforts in important ways: they use manual 'check-ins' to pair user location with semantically named venues rather than tracking; venues are visible to all users; location is shared with a potentially very large audience; and they employ incentives. By analysis of 20 in-depth interviews with foursquare users and 47 survey responses, we gained insight into emerging social practices surrounding location-sharing. We see a shift from privacy issues and data deluge, to more performative considerations in sharing one's location. We discuss performance aspects enabled by check-ins to public venues, and show emergent, but sometimes conflicting norms (not) to check-in.

Source: International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI)

DOI: 10.1145/2037373.2037384

Authors: Henriette Cramer, Mattias Rost, Lars Erik Holmquist

Language: English

Topic: Privacy, Security, and Data Protection

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2080740954

FWCI: 57.13

Cites: 26

Cited by: 206

Related to: 10