Location-based social media behavior and perception

Views of university students

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4490903
AutoresMatthew Haffner (0000-0003-3060-3219), Adam J Mathews (0000-0002-5577-4308), Emily Fekete (0000-0002-3907-749X), G Allen Finchum
Ano2018
Volume108
Fascículo2
Páginas203-224
Data de publicação2018-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGeographical Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/gere.12250
OpenAlexW2616761812
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas30

Location‐based social media (), a specific type of volunteered geographic information (), is increasingly being used as a spatial data source for researchers in geography and related disciplines. Many questions, though, have been raised about data in terms of its quality and its contributors. While a number of studies have explored users' demographics and motivations for contribution to explicitly geographic forms of , such as OpenStreetMap and Wikimapia, few have focused on these aspects with implicitly geographic forms of , such as (for example, Twitter and Instagram). This study, through use of an online survey, specifically assesses the behavior and perceptions of 253 university students, noting differences found in gender, race, and academic standing. We find that the greatest differences are those between males and females, rather than through race or academic standing, and appears less biased than other forms of

Geography · Mathematics education · Media studies · Perception · Social media · Sociology · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Geographic Information Systems Studies · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis · Psychology · Sharing Economy and Platforms · Social Psychology