Routledge Handbook of Mobile Technology, Social Media and the Outdoors / edited by Simon Kennedy Beames and Patrick T. Maher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maher, Patrick T., editor.

Beames, Simon, editor.

Series:

Routledge advances in outdoor studies.

Routledge Advances in Outdoor Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Outdoor education.

Outdoor recreation.

Tourism--Information technology.

Tourism.

Mobile communication systems.

Social media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (735 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, [2025]

Summary:

This is the first book to explore the numerous ways in which mobile technologies and social media are influencing our outdoor experiences.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Series Editors' Foreword

Reference

Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction: Where Did We Start, and Where Will This Book Take Us?

In the beginning …

The book

Outdoor education

Outdoor recreation

Nature-based tourism

Overlappers and outliers

So, where to next?

References

Part I: Outdoor Education

Chapter 2: Mobile Technology and Social Media in the Assemblage of Outdoor Pursuits: A Theoretical Stance on Complexity and Uncertainty

Technological architectures in the outdoors

Assemblage theory: An essential theoretical lens for the field?

An empirical example: Digging for the Upside Down in residential outdoor education

Digging for the Upside Down: An examination of fluidity and complexity through an assemblage approach

Summary: Where to from here?

Chapter 3: A Postdigital Lens on Outdoor Research

Disentangling 'postdigital'

The evolving space of postdigital in outdoor research

Context and project

Outcomes

A shift to postdigital outdoor research?

Manifesting the postdigital for outdoor research

Chapter 4: Outdoor Education, Technology, and the Anthropocene

A philosophical need within outdoor education: A sustainability worldview

Knowledge

Values

Dispositions

Agency

Conclusion: Local landscapes, far more often, as a way of life

Chapter 5: Managing Digital Technology in Outdoor Education

Introduction

Frameworks on Technology Management in Related Fields

The Development of the DTOE Framework

The DTOE Framework V3.0

Perspectives (A)

The Outdoor Educator (A.1)

The Organisation (A.2)

The Student (A.3)

The Experience (B)

Consequences (C).

Intended or Positive Consequences (C.1 and C.2)

Unintended or Negative Consequences (C.3 and C.4)

Applications of the Framework

Ongoing Limitations and Future Developments

Conclusion

Chapter 6: Digital Competence in Outdoor Education

Digital competence in the 21st century

Digital competence

Digital competence in outdoor education

Application and examples

Digital divides

Chapter summary

Chapter 7: Technological Affordances in Understanding Biodiversity: Life, Place, and Time

Connecting biodiversity, place, and technology

Place (Drumcondra, Ireland)

Digital technology: Let's try to avoid the binary debate!

Biodiversity and education

Recognising biodiversity in our locality (awareness of biodiversity)

The trail camera

Calculating biodiversity

Using QR codes to learn about biomes

Final thoughts

Notes

Chapter 8: Assembling Mobile Technology and Outdoor Education Practice: Affordances, Pitfalls and Pedagogical Pathways

Technological tensions

The complexities of digital technology and outdoor education

Relational views on technology, society and education

Assemblage theory, outdoor education and mobile technology

Reaching outwards: Practice as assembling

Chapter 9: Youth, Identity, and Social Media: The Promise of Outdoor Education as a Context for Identity Development

Adolescence Identity Development

Social Media and Identity Development

OE and Identity Development

Chapter 10: Smartwatches, Bodies, and Landscapes: Experiencing the Mountains as Cyborgs

Digital technology in outdoor adventure education

The cyborg as a way of being with technology

Experiencing the mountains as cyborgs

Incidents 1 and 2

Incident 3

Incident 4.

Implications for educators and concluding remarks

Chapter 11: The Digital Canoe Trip: Do We Return to Our Old Teaching Styles After COVID-19?

The canoe trip

The webinar

Learning outcomes

The downsides of the webinar

Post-pandemic: What is the new normal?

Why did we leave the webinar model?

What could an exemplary canoe webinar look like?

Is a real-time hybrid webinar as good (or even better) as a real trip?

Chapter 12: Bridging Outdoor Education, Digital Technology and Well-Being through Pedagogical and Psychological Perspectives

Introduction and overview

Technology as a connection between nature and culture: The human 'natural' condition is cultural

Communicating the cultural meaning of outdoor education: A challenging task

What does well-being stand for?

Well-being and the outdoors: How might the use of digital technology make a difference?

The relational dimension as a main feature of outdoor education programs

Conclusions, implications for practice, and suggestions for further research

Note

Part II: Outdoor Recreation

Chapter 13: A Case for Using Mobile Technology to Facilitate Inclusion in the Outdoors for Those Who Live with Disabilities and/or Chronic Illness: Crossing the Digital Crevasse

The digital crevasse

Crossing the crevasse

People living with partial sight or blindness

People living with hearing loss or deafness

People living with chronic illness

People living on the autism spectrum

People living with intellectual disabilities

Implications for practice

Universal design

MT usage guidelines

Considerations for social media

Chapter 14: The Power and Peril of Smartphones and Social Media in Avalanche Terrain

The mountains are calling.

Are you beeping? Historical use of mobile technology in avalanche terrain

Early tools and technology in avalanche terrain

Modern tools and technology in avalanche terrain

A wealth of information: The power of smartphones and social media in avalanche terrain

Snowpack and avalanche information

Mountain weather information

Terrain and route information

Emergency communications

A poverty of attention: The peril of smartphones and social media in avalanche terrain

A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention

Put the sword away: Overcoming binary perspectives on digital technology in the outdoors

A decision tree for the use of mobile technology in avalanche terrain

Give attention to the world before us

Chapter 15: Social Media and Research in a Climbing Community: Gleaning Insights

The knot: Social media and route names

The approach: An overview of the postdigital literature

The anchor: Key theoretical concepts

The gear: Methodology

The route: Outdoor climbing context

The climb: Discussion of findings

Internalized sexism

Entitlement

The grassroots: Researching resistance through social media

The rappel: Concrete implications for research and practice

Chapter 16: The Art of Dotwatching in Ultra-Distance Cycling: When a Human Becomes a Dot

What is dotwatching? A brief history of the activity in the context of ultra-distance cycling

Outlining a conceptual lens: The postdigital

The physical - virtual collision: A postdigital stance on Dotwatching

Knowing a dot: Support from the invisible peloton

Crossing the boundary: Narratives of interference, care, and grief

New terrain for the postdigital scholar?

References.

Chapter 17: Becoming an Outdoors Person: Identity Transformation through Nature Activity and Social Media in Norway

Valdres, Norway and the significance of the outdoor self

Fredrik: From "inept drunkard" to "outdoors person"

Stine: Becoming more than a mother

Doing the outdoors "right"

Social comparison, self-image and the outdoors

Chapter 18: Use of Digital Technologies for Hiking: A Quantitative Study of Four Spanish Protected Areas

Evolution of hiking in Spain

Hiking and mobile applications

Route-finding apps

Geolocation apps

Tracking apps

Impact of social networking on hiking

Bluetooth devices

Method

Study design and sampling

Quantitative analysis of the data

Results

Descriptive analyses of the dimensions of frequency and companionship of practice

Descriptive analysis of the use of apps in the three phases of a hiking route (before, during and after)

Discussion

Chapter 19: The Promises and Perils of Danish Nature App Developers

Nature apps as media

The content of nature apps

Background and methodology

Methodology

Challenges of anonymization in social research

The multifaceted developers

Motives and beliefs

Challenges and evolution

Rounding up

Acknowledgments

Chapter 20: Trail and Mountain Running Vlogging: Dizziness, Disorder and Joy

Outsider and outdoor culture

Conquest of cameras

'We're going meta'

Commodification or celebration?

Public suffering

Vlogging and value(s)

Multimedia

Chapter 21: Communication and Cultural Significance in Two Danish Outdoor Facebook Groups: "Check Out My Campfire, See My Big Catch - I Am an Outdoor Person!"

Friluftsliv and social media.

Literature and theoretical perspectives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-04-010647-1

1-003-36753-4

1-04-010640-4

9781003367536

OCLC:

1443930170