| Description |
1 online resource (330 pages) |
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DMS - Digital Media and Society |
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DMS - Digital Media and Society
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; 1 From Atoms to Bits and Back Again; Communication media and the annihilation of space and place; The place of locative media; Notes; 2 Mobilities and the Spatial Turn; The importance of the space and place; Mobile media and spatial experience; Conclusion; Notes; 3 The Infrastructure of Locative Media; Location awareness; The generations of mobile networks; Open and closed: Google, Apple, and smartphone technology; Conclusion; Notes; 4 Wayfi nding through Mobile Interfaces; The social production of mobile maps; Mobile wayfinding and flexible alignment |
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Spatial cognition and mobile mapsConclusion; Notes; 5 Location and Social Networks; A brief history of location-based social networks; Coordinating through location; Constructing identity through location; Sharing location and the future of public space; Conclusion; Notes; 6 Writing and Archiving Space; Mobile composition: Layering stories, reviews, and tips; Mobile remembering: Composing memories in place; Conclusion; 7 Market Forces and the Shaping of Location-based Services; Tracing Foursquare; The importance of venture capital; Conclusion; Notes; 8 The Negotiation of Locational Privacy |
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Institutional locational privacySocial privacy; Conclusion; Notes; Conclusion: The Future of Locative Media; Location-based services and the global South; The future of splintered space; Notes; References; Index |
| Summary |
Smartphone adoption has surpassed 50% of the population in more than 15 countries, and there are now more than one million mobile applications people can download to their phones. Many of these applications take advantage of smartphones as locative media, which is what allows smartphones to be located in physical space. Applications that take advantage of people's location are called location-based services, and they are the focus of this book. Smartphones as locative media raise important questions about how we understand the complicated relationship between the Internet and physical space |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and index |
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Location-based services.
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Mobile computing.
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Smartphones.
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Location-based services -- Social aspects
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Mobile computing -- Social aspects
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COMPUTERS -- Computer Literacy.
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COMPUTERS -- Computer Science.
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COMPUTERS -- Data Processing.
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COMPUTERS -- Hardware -- General.
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COMPUTERS -- Information Technology.
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COMPUTERS -- Machine Theory.
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COMPUTERS -- Reference.
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Location-based services
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Mobile computing
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Smartphones
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780745685045 |
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0745685048 |
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