Unfolding the interplay of self-identity and expressions of territoriality in location-based social networks

Papangelis, Konstantinos; Sheng, Yiyang; Liang, Hai-Ning; Chamberlain, Alan; Khan, Vassilis-Javed; Cao, Ting

Abstract

Self-identity in mobile location-based social networks (LBSN) is a relatively underexplored topic. In this paper, we present our initial understandings on the role that LBSN play in the self-identity of its users and introduce a relationship between self-identity and expressions of territoriality in LBSN. Our work presented in this paper is based on a six-week study using a novel LBSN called GeoMoments. Our primary purpose is to draw attention to the importance of potential perceived power facilitated by identity claims over an area, and to the temporal nature of the layered meanings of physical places in LBSN so they can be drawn upon as a resource for design.

• Conference Name: UbiComp '17: 2017 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and 2017 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers
• End Date: Sep 15, 2017
• Acceptance Date: Jul 1, 2017
• Publication Date: Sep 11, 2017
• Deposit Date: Sep 12, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 12, 2017
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Series Title: UbiComp '17
• Keywords: impression management, location-based social networks, self-identity, self-presentation
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/881948
• Publisher URL: http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3123024.3123081
• Related Public URLs: http://ubicomp.org/ubicomp2017/