Tourism, Travel, and Blogging: A Discursive Analysis of Online Travel Narratives Contributor(s): Azariah, Deepti Ruth (Author) |
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ISBN: 1472459814 ISBN-13: 9781472459817 Publisher: Routledge
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2016 Click for more in this series: New Directions in Tourism Analysis |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism - Travel | Essays & Travelogues |
Dewey: 910.402 |
LCCN: 2016025446 |
Series: New Directions in Tourism Analysis |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" L (0.90 lbs) 180 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index |
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Publisher Description: Travel often inspires the creation of narratives about journeys and destinations, more so with the increasing availability of online platforms, applications for smartphones and tablets, and various other social media technologies. This book examines travel blogs and their associated social media as a form of self-presentation that negotiates the tensions between discourses of travel and tourism. As such, it addresses how contemporary travellers use online platforms to communicate their experiences of journeys and destinations, and how the traveller/tourist dichotomy finds expression in these narratives. Addressing the need for more in-depth analysis through a study of blogs, this exploration of networked narratives of an individual's travel experience considers personal motivations, self-promotion, and self-presentation as key factors in the creation of both personal and commercial travel blogs. As this text applies concepts such as self-presentation and heteroglossia, it will be of interest to both students and scholars of tourism, new media, sociology, cultural studies, and discourse studies. |
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