Places nearby: Facebook as a location-based social media platform

@article{Wilken2014PlacesNF,
  title={Places nearby: Facebook as a location-based social media platform},
  author={Rowan Wilken},
  journal={New Media \& Society},
  year={2014},
  volume={16},
  pages={1087 - 1103}
}
  • R. Wilken
  • Published 25 July 2014
  • Business
  • New Media & Society
This article examines the growing importance of Facebook as a location-focused platform. Facebook’s approach has been cautious but deliberate. However, following the strategic acquisitions of location-sharing start-ups Gowalla and Glancee, Facebook has ramped up its location-based services: they launched their Nearby feature in December 2012, and adjusted their application programming interface (API) in early 2013 to enable ‘seamless’ location-sharing across third-party applications. These, and… 
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