Performing a check-in: Emerging practices, norms and 'conflicts' in location-sharing using foursquare

Henriette Cramer; Mattias Rost; Lars Erik Holmquist

doi:10.1145/2037373.2037384

Performing a check-in: Emerging practices, norms and 'conflicts' in location-sharing using foursquare

Henriette Cramer^*, Mattias Rost, Lars Erik Holmquist

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Abstract

Location-sharing services have a long history in research, but have only recently become available for consumers. Most popular commercial location-sharing services differ from previous research efforts in important ways: they use manual 'check-ins' to pair user location with semantically named venues rather than tracking; venues are visible to all users; location is shared with a potentially very large audience; and they employ incentives. By analysis of 20 in-depth interviews with foursquare users and 47 survey responses, we gained insight into emerging social practices surrounding location-sharing. We see a shift from privacy issues and data deluge, to more performative considerations in sharing one's location. We discuss performance aspects enabled by check-ins to public venues, and show emergent, but sometimes conflicting norms (not) to check-in.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Mobile HCI 2011
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
Publisher	ACM
Pages	57-66
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9781450305419
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2037373.2037384
Publication status	Published - 30 Aug 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, Mobile HCI 2011 - Stockholm, Sweden Duration: 30 Aug 2011 → 2 Sept 2011

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Conference	13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, Mobile HCI 2011
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Stockholm
Period	30/08/11 → 2/09/11

Keywords

check-ins
foursquare
location-sharing
performance

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Cramer, H, Rost, M & Holmquist, LE 2011, Performing a check-in: Emerging practices, norms and 'conflicts' in location-sharing using foursquare. in Mobile HCI 2011: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. ACM, pp. 57-66, 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, Mobile HCI 2011, Stockholm, Sweden, 30/08/11. https://doi.org/10.1145/2037373.2037384

Performing a check-in: Emerging practices, norms and 'conflicts' in location-sharing using foursquare. / Cramer, Henriette; Rost, Mattias; Holmquist, Lars Erik.
Mobile HCI 2011: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. ACM, 2011. p. 57-66.

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