Personalising the Urban: A Critical Account of Locative Media and the Digital Inscription of Place

Saker, Michael; Evans, Leighton

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“…Ayers et al, 2016;Colley et al, 2017;Hamari et al, 2018;Koivisto et al, 2019;Laato et al, 2022;Papangelis et al, 2017b;Riar et al, 2020), social media applications that make use of location data such as Foursquare Evans, 2016, 2020) and other geography-based media applications and technologies such as satellite-navigation, geo-art and geo-surveillance (Thielmann, 2010). LBGs have recently gained a lot of traction in popular use as well as in the scientific community for their popularity (Hamari et al, 2018) and how they are able to redefine the relationships that people have with geographical space (de Souza e Silva et al, 2021;Papangelis et al, 2020;Saker and Evans, 2020).…”

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“…, 2017b; Riar et al. , 2020), social media applications that make use of location data such as Foursquare (Saker and Evans, 2016, 2020) and other geography-based media applications and technologies such as satellite-navigation, geo-art and geo-surveillance (Thielmann, 2010). LBGs have recently gained a lot of traction in popular use as well as in the scientific community for their popularity (Hamari et al.…”

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“…LBGs such as Pok emon GO also have multiplayer game mechanics, which influence player behaviour (Riar et al, 2020;Laato et al, 2021a). According to Cho et al (2011), social networks shape, transform and direct human geographical movement, and thus, location-related movement in LBGs and location-based IT should be understood in the social context (Fonseca et al, 2022;Saker and Evans, 2020).…”

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“…(2011), social networks shape, transform and direct human geographical movement, and thus, location-related movement in LBGs and location-based IT should be understood in the social context (Fonseca et al. , 2022; Saker and Evans, 2020).…”

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Territorial or nomadic? Geo-social determinants of location-based IT use: a study in Pokémon GO

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PurposeLocation-based games (LBGs) have afforded novel information technology (IT) developments in how people interact with the physical world. Namely, LBGs have spurred a wave of territoriality (i.e. controlling) and exploration (i.e. discovering) of augmented physical space that are driven by different social dynamics related to group formation, social connectivity and altruism. The aim of this study is to investigate this dynamic and how it is further related to the use intensity of location-based IT.Design/methodology/approachThis work presents a structural equation model that connects social dimensions of play to territorial control and exploration, and playing intensity. The model was tested with sychometric data gathered from a global sample of Pokémon GO players (N = 515).FindingsIn the tested sample, players' social self-efficacy and altruism were positively associated with team identification. Team identification, in turn, was positively associated with both territorial control and exploration tendency. Territorial control had a significant relationship with playing intensity; however, exploration tendency did not. This implies territorial control is the stronger predictor of playing intensity.Practical implicationsThe findings suggest that human primal urges to conquer and control geographical territory may surface in the digital reimagination of physical space. LBGs offer opportunities for making use of new forms of play (territorial control and exploration) in motivating locative behaviours.Originality/valueThis research quantifies the relationships between a social predisposition, team identification, territorial control, exploration tendency and playing intensity in the context of Pokémon GO. It contributes new knowledge to the understanding of territorial behaviour (control and exploration) in location-based IT.

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Territorial or nomadic? Geo-social determinants of location-based IT use: a study in Pokémon GO

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“…Certainly, smart cities can produce different degrees of playfulness. HRGs like Pokémon Go, for instance, can allow users to explicitly interact with their environment in a playful manner, while impacting sociality, and altering how users feel about themselves and their environment (Evans and Saker, 2019;Saker and Evans, 2020). Equally, digital technologies have the power to configure emerging approaches to space and place that may not be as overtly ludic, but are playful nonetheless.…”

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