| The boundaries of virtual communities (2008) | |||||||||||||||
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| This position paper is comprised of extracts from a research proposal we are currently putting together on the workshop topic. The grant is primarily about real and virtual places and community in the more traditional sense. However, we believe that ‘virtual community ’ (computer supported social networks) and ‘community ’ are essentially equivalent in modern societies where nearly all ties are mediated by technology. Any comments on this document would be greatly appreciated, as we will be submitting the fuller document with detailed plans of our research shortly after the workshop. 1. Overview and Objectives This proposal addresses fundamental social and technical issues in interactive location-based systems. The emergence of handheld, pervasively connected, location-aware devices raises the potential for fundamentally new information and communication services. Work to date has emphasized understanding the significance of mobility, providing users “anytime, anywhere ” access, and delivering information to users based on their location (Dix et al 2000). Several proof-of-concept systems have explored techniques that enable individuals and groups to associate their own information with locations (Burrell & Gay 2000; | |||||||||||||||
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