Critical Digital Tourism Studies
Tourism Social Media: Transformations in Identity, Community and Culture
ISBN: 978-1-78190-213-4, eISBN: 978-1-78190-262-2
Publication date: 9 July 2013
Abstract
This chapter analyzes the subject of critical digital tourism studies and envisions an agenda for technology research and education. Inspired by the insights of this book and the work of scholars in digital humanities and communication (Baym, 2010; Hayles, 2012), the study presents “embedded cognition” as a framework to comprehend the interdependencies between people’s actions and discourses, and technological affordances. It introduces the concept of “turistus digitalis,” discusses theories for conceptualizing society and technology relations, and examines the challenges of transdisciplinarity. This investigation contributes to increasing research reflexivity in understanding how tourism is enacted through digital worlds and how digital technologies evolve through tourism practices.
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Citation
Munar, A.M. and Gyimóthy, S. (2013), "Critical Digital Tourism Studies", Tourism Social Media: Transformations in Identity, Community and Culture (Tourism Social Science Series, Vol. 18), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 245-262. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1571-5043(2013)0000018016
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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