Spatial characteristics of Twitter users : toward the understanding of geosocial media production

2017
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article
dc.abstract.enSocial media is a rich source of spatial data but it has also many flaws and well-known limitations, especially in regard to representation and representativeness, since very little is known about the demographics of the user population. At the same time, the use of locational services, is in fact, dependent on those characteristics. We address this gap in knowledge by exploring divides between Twitter users, based on the spatial and temporal distribution of the content they produce. We chose five cities and data from 2015 to represent different socio-spatial contexts. Users were classified according to spatial and non-spatial measures: home range estimation; standard distance; nearest neighbor index, and; proposed localness index. There are distinct groups of geosocial media producers, which suggests that such datasets cannot be treated as uniform representations. We found a positive correlation between spatial behavior and posting activity. It is suggested that there are universal patterns of behavior that are conditioned by software services-the example of Foucauldian "technologies of self". They can also represent the dominance of the most prolific users over the whole data stream. Results are discussed in the context of the importance and role of user location in social media.pl
dc.affiliationWydział Geografii i Geologii : Instytut Geografii i Gospodarki Przestrzennejpl
dc.contributor.authorRzeszewski, Michałpl
dc.contributor.authorBeluch, Łukasz - 122931 pl
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-05T08:45:00Z
dc.date.available2017-09-05T08:45:00Z
dc.date.issued2017pl
dc.date.openaccess0
dc.description.accesstimew momencie opublikowania
dc.description.number8pl
dc.description.versionostateczna wersja wydawcy
dc.description.volume6pl
dc.identifier.articleid236pl
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijgi6080236pl
dc.identifier.eissn2220-9964pl
dc.identifier.projectROD UJ / Ppl
dc.identifier.urihttp://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/43824
dc.languageengpl
dc.language.containerengpl
dc.rightsUdzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa 4.0 Międzynarodowa*
dc.rights.licenceCC-BY
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.pl*
dc.share.typeotwarte czasopismo
dc.subject.engeosocial mediapl
dc.subject.enspatial behaviorpl
dc.subject.enTwitterpl
dc.subject.enpost-socialistpl
dc.subtypeArticlepl
dc.titleSpatial characteristics of Twitter users : toward the understanding of geosocial media productionpl
dc.title.journalISPRS International Journal of Geo-Informationpl
dc.typeJournalArticlepl
dspace.entity.typePublication
dc.abstract.enpl
Social media is a rich source of spatial data but it has also many flaws and well-known limitations, especially in regard to representation and representativeness, since very little is known about the demographics of the user population. At the same time, the use of locational services, is in fact, dependent on those characteristics. We address this gap in knowledge by exploring divides between Twitter users, based on the spatial and temporal distribution of the content they produce. We chose five cities and data from 2015 to represent different socio-spatial contexts. Users were classified according to spatial and non-spatial measures: home range estimation; standard distance; nearest neighbor index, and; proposed localness index. There are distinct groups of geosocial media producers, which suggests that such datasets cannot be treated as uniform representations. We found a positive correlation between spatial behavior and posting activity. It is suggested that there are universal patterns of behavior that are conditioned by software services-the example of Foucauldian "technologies of self". They can also represent the dominance of the most prolific users over the whole data stream. Results are discussed in the context of the importance and role of user location in social media.
dc.affiliationpl
Wydział Geografii i Geologii : Instytut Geografii i Gospodarki Przestrzennej
dc.contributor.authorpl
Rzeszewski, Michał
dc.contributor.authorpl
Beluch, Łukasz - 122931
dc.date.accessioned
2017-09-05T08:45:00Z
dc.date.available
2017-09-05T08:45:00Z
dc.date.issuedpl
2017
dc.date.openaccess
0
dc.description.accesstime
w momencie opublikowania
dc.description.numberpl
8
dc.description.version
ostateczna wersja wydawcy
dc.description.volumepl
6
dc.identifier.articleidpl
236
dc.identifier.doipl
10.3390/ijgi6080236
dc.identifier.eissnpl
2220-9964
dc.identifier.projectpl
ROD UJ / P
dc.identifier.uri
http://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/43824
dc.languagepl
eng
dc.language.containerpl
eng
dc.rights*
Udzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa 4.0 Międzynarodowa
dc.rights.licence
CC-BY
dc.rights.uri*
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.pl
dc.share.type
otwarte czasopismo
dc.subject.enpl
geosocial media
dc.subject.enpl
spatial behavior
dc.subject.enpl
Twitter
dc.subject.enpl
post-socialist
dc.subtypepl
Article
dc.titlepl
Spatial characteristics of Twitter users : toward the understanding of geosocial media production
dc.title.journalpl
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
dc.typepl
JournalArticle
dspace.entity.type
Publication
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