Hi, I’m a PhD student at Nottingham University in the UK. I’m currently conducting research on location-sharing and am looking for participants to complete an online survey. If you share your location digitally via Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare etc. I would appreciate it if you could participate. The survey can be filled in anonymously and no personally identifiable information will be stored.

It can be found here: https://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/nottingham/location_survey

Many thanks!

@Katrina

Thanks for the query. The primary aim of the research is to understand the relationship between identity and location. One of the objectives is to understand whether people actively project their identity through location-sharing systems like Foursquare, Facebook and Twitter. Are the types of places we share a reflection of who we are as individuals? In other words, is where you are a reflection of who you are?

Part of the research is also to understand how identity is managed in location-sharing software. In everyday life, we may have many facets of identity. For example, typical behaviour in family, work and social situations may vary considerably. The expectations on an individual in each of these roles can also be very different. How do people manage different ‘facets’ of identity through location? Does this affect location-sharing decisions and behaviour?

PS. I’d love to get your thoughts on the research!

@Andrea Many thanks for participating! Yes, the survey takes about 20 mins to complete but the length is necessary for the reasons you’ve mentioned. My PhD supervisors wouldn’t have it any other way!

The research is quite exploratory at this stage. By examining the underlying social practices that may influence the sharing of location, the idea is to help inform the design of future location-sharing software.

Please feel free to mention the survey to anyone else in your social network. I’m looking for as many respondents as possible!

Kind regards,

Abdur