Does Anything Ever Happen Around Here? Assessing the Online Information Landscape for Local Events

Bibliographic Data

ID15319085
AuthorsClaudia López (0000-0003-1699-1999, Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author), Brian S Butler (0000-0001-5863-1540), Brian Butler, Peter Brusilovsky (0000-0002-1902-1464)
Year2014
Volume21
Issue4
Pages95-123
Publication date2014-10-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Urban Technology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1063-0732 • E-ISSN: 1466-1853
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10630732.2014.971530
OpenAlexW2142704834
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited18

Local events foster community pride, cohesion, and community attachment. Keeping residents informed about the existence of local events is necessary to reach events’ targeted audiences and realize their positive consequences. This article reports on an initial study of the online event information landscape of neighborhoods in a mid-sized US city. Our results show that the event information landscape is highly fragmented, decentralized, and has low rates of duplication. This creates challenges for residents looking for event information and for event organizers and technology developers seeking to provide timely information about events

Cohesion (chemistry · Community cohesion · Event (particle physics · Internet privacy · Political science · Pride · Public relations · Computer Science · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society