J Frith - Mobile Media & Communication, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Location-based mobile games (LBMGs) are games that people play while moving through physical spaces. Research has shown that they can impact individuals' experience of their …
Communication has often been understood as a realm of immaterial, insubstantial phenomena—images, messages, thoughts, languages, cultures, and ideologies—mediating …
A Gazzard - Convergence, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Finding our way between places, through spaces, has been documented using various techniques of mapping. Maps are often thought of as products that allow us to find our way …
We discuss the user study of a mobile cultural heritage game designed to stimulate reflection about a city's history. Aided by location-aware technology, the game fosters the …
B Jensen - 2013 digital heritage international congress …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The frame of the study is the participatory culture of the cultural heritage institutions, social photography, and communication through social media. The analysis is based on case …
This article analyzes 4 months of popular press articles from major publications about location-aware mobile phones. Our results identify 2 main areas: the control these devices …
This dissertation focuses on the mobile application Foursquare. Foursquare is an example of a location-based social network (LBSN) and currently has 20 million users and is growing …
In this dissertation, it is explored which prerequisites are necessary in location-based games (LBGs) to make meaningful the meeting between players and spatiality with an emphasis on …
SJ Drucker, G Gumpert - Open House International, 2012 - emerald.com
The tradition of urban public space confronts the reality of a ubiquitous, mobile 'me media'filled environments. Paradoxically, the ability to connect globally has the tendency of …