Published on: 23. June 2025
Simon Liebig from the ILS research group “ Urban Social Space” has published an article together with Jan Üblacker from the EBZ Business School in the journal “Berichte. Geography and Regional Geography“. The article examines online neighbourhood groups on various platforms as local communication spaces. Based on 20 interviews, the article analyses the extent to which spatial concepts shape the accessibility of these groups and how interactions are shaped under the conditions of virtual co-presence. The results show that online neighbourhood groups are to be understood as localized networked publics that are characterised by persistent contacts and a geographical location reference. The users’ ideas of space form the content-related communication framework, function as a symbolic connection between the group members and determine accessibility. https://doi.org/10.25162/bgl-2025-0016. Further current specialist publications can be found here.
Modified on: 23. June 2025
