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The final chapter reiterates the conclusions on spatiality, temporality and identity and considers these findings in the context of other research findings and theory in the area. This chapter also surveys the area of LBSN as it stands and positions the current project in terms of LBSN research and social media research in general. The conclusions of both this research and research in the area are used to critically assess the nature of current LBSN in the context of how places, users and identity are represented, mediated and framed by the applications. This chapter also considers how the features of LBSN identified in this work may be utilised in future applications and locative media. That the key aspects of LBSN will be further developed in the future is inevitable due to the political economy of data production in LBSN, which provide rich data for targeted advertising. This political economy gives LBSN the status of ‘zombie’ media that will go on to influence the form of other SNS into the future.
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Evans, L., Saker, M. (2017). Conclusions. In: Location-Based Social Media. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49472-2_5
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