Tourism social media : transformations in identity, community and culture / Ana Maria Munar, Szivia Gyimothy, Liping Cai editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Munar, Ana María.

Cai, Liping.

Gyimóthy, Szilvia.

Series:

Tourism Social Science Series

Tourism Social Science Series ; v.18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism--Social aspects.

Tourism.

Social media.

Physical Description:

vi, 332 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume addresses the transformative power of tourism social media and offers novel theoretical and methodological approaches to its academic investigation. Acknowledging the collective value creation mechanisms of new media, the authors explore how technology nurtures, augments and modifies social or commercial interactions in tourism.

Contents:

Front Cover

Tourism Social Media: Transformations in Identity, Community and Culture

Copyright Page

Contents

1. Tourism Social Media: A New Research Agenda

INTRODUCTION

TOURISM SOCIAL MEDIA RESEARCH

CONCLUSION

2. Tourism Social Media as a Fire Object

ANT-BASED APPROACH TO TOURISM SOCIAL MEDIA

3. Paradoxical Digital Worlds

PARADOXICAL DYNAMICS OF TOURISM SOCIAL MEDIA

4. Symbolic Convergence and Tourism Social Media

THE NARRATIVE PARADIGM AND SYMBOLIC CONVERGENCE THEORY

5. Social Media Sites in Destination Image Formation

IMAGE FORMATION REVISITED

6. Sustainability and Tourism Social Media

TOURISM, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL MEDIA

7. Inspiring Design: Social Media from the Beach

SOCIAL MEDIA FROM THE BEACH

8. The Virtual Fan(G) Community: Social Media and Pop Culture Tourism

SOCIAL MEDIA AND POP CULTURE TOURISM

9. Digital Social Construction of a Tourist Site: Ground Zero

RECONSTRUCTING GROUND ZERO

10. Tourism Social Media and Crisis Communication: An Erupting Trend

SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE DURING A CRISIS

11. Web 2.0 Innovations in Events: Human Resource Management Issues

INNOVATION ADOPTION IN TOURISM

12. Identity and Social Media in an Art Festival

IDENTITY AND SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION

13. Tourism and Media Studies 3.0

TOURISM AND MEDIA STUDIES

14. Critical Digital Tourism Studies

DIGITAL TOURISM

References

About the Authors

Subject Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781781902622

OCLC:

854977524