Mobile Social
Outra questão importante relacionada às mídias locativas é o reforço dos laços sociais efêmeros e dos vínculos comunitários mais sólidos. Relatório aponta para popularização de ferramentas de “mobile social networking”, como blogs, microblogs, IM, SMS, (via FusionSearchers)
“According to In-stat: Mobile social networks are quite popular with the Millennial generation, just as social networking is (…). Blogging, photo and video sharing, location-based socialization services, games, SMS, and IM will eventually be combined to afford the mobile user the entire social networking experience from a handset application, the high-tech market research firm says. The mobile handset will simply become an extension of the user in most aspects of life.”