skip to main content
Language:
Search Limited to: Search Limited to: Resource type Show Results with: Show Results with: Search type Index

Understanding Yik Yak: Location-based sociability and the communication of place

First Monday, 2017-10, Vol.22 (10) [Peer Reviewed Journal]

ISSN: 1396-0466 ;EISSN: 1396-0466 ;DOI: 10.5210/fm.v22i10.7442

Full text available

Citations Cited by
  • Title:
    Understanding Yik Yak: Location-based sociability and the communication of place
  • Author: Frith, Jordan ; Saker, Michael
  • Subjects: Location based services ; Multimedia computer applications ; Social networks
  • Is Part Of: First Monday, 2017-10, Vol.22 (10)
  • Description: Yik Yak was a location-based social application that allowed users to anonymously create, read, and respond to posts made within a few mile radius. This paper reports on six months of ethnographic work and interviews performed with 18 Yik Yak users. We argue that one of Yik Yak’s primary functions was to communicate about place and to find new ways to connect abstractly with the local social situation. The data detailed in this article contributes to the growing literature on the spatial and social impacts of locative media.
  • Publisher: Chicago: University of Illinois at Chicago Library
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1396-0466
    EISSN: 1396-0466
    DOI: 10.5210/fm.v22i10.7442
  • Source: Digital Library of the Commons
Back to results list
INSPIRE LIBRARY - TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY (84-028) 37 755 057 Feedback
19 Nguyen Huu Tho St. Dist.7, HCM thuvien@tdtu.edu.vn

Copyright © 2017 INSPIRE LIBRARY - TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY

Searching Remote Databases, Please Wait