Can you see me now? Location, visibility and the management of impressions on foursquare

MobileHCI 2013 - Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 183-192

  Guha, Shion ^a   Birnholtz, Jeremy ^b  

^a Social Dynamics Laboratory   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

check in; foursquare; impression management; visibility

Indexed keywords

CHECK-IN; FOURSQUARE; IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT; INTERVIEW STUDY; LOCATION DISCLOSURES; LOCATION SHARING; SOCIAL NETWORKING APPLICATIONS; SOCIAL OBJECTIVES;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LOCATION BASED SERVICES; MOBILE DEVICES;

VISIBILITY;

EID: 84883731442     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2493190.2493209     Document Type: Conference Paper

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