Sociability and play on location-based social networks: dynamics of interaction and the Foursquare badge system

This paper discusses the relationship between play and sociabilityregarding the location-based application Foursquare, according to the hypothesisthat the interaction between user and application creates layers of meaning,evoking what we may classify as redefinition of the idea of place, hence produ...

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Main Authors: Thiago Falcao, Maria Clara Aquino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing 2013-06-01
Series:Comunicação, Mídia e Consumo
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Online Access:http://revistacmc.espm.br/index.php/revistacmc/article/view/433