Exploring the social implications of location based social networking: An inquiry into the perceived positive and negative impacts of using LBSN between friends

ICMB and GMR 2010 - 2010 9th International Conference on Mobile Business/2010 9th Global Mobility Roundtable

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 230-237

  Fusco, Sarah Jean ^a   Michael, Katina ^a   Michael, M G ^a   Abbas, Roba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Friendship; Implications; Location based services; Location based social networking; Online social networking; Trust

Indexed keywords

FOCUS GROUPS; LOCATION BASED; LOCATION-BASED SERVICES; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; QUALITATIVE APPROACH; SMART PHONES; SOCIAL IMPLICATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING; WEB 2.0;

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 77954946291     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMB-GMR.2010.35     Document Type: Conference Paper

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