Mobile geotagging: Reexamining our interactions with urban space

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 407-423

  Humphreys, Lee ^a   Liao, Tony ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Geotagging; Media; Mobile social network; Mobility; Place; Qualitative; Social production of space; Space; Tagging

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; LOCATION BASED SERVICES; URBAN PLANNING;

GEO-TAGGING; MEDIA; MOBILE SOCIAL NETWORKS; PLACE; QUALITATIVE; SOCIAL PRODUCTIONS; SPACE; TAGGING;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 79953791301     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2011.01548.x     Document Type: Article

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