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.
| ISBN: | 9780367668037 |
| Publication date: | 30th September 2020 |
| Author: | Deepti Ruth Azariah |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 180 pages |
| Series: | New Directions in Tourism Analysis |
| Genres: |
Retail and wholesale industries Cultural studies Literary studies: general Human geography History |
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.
Tourism, Travel, and Blogging features in the following genres: Retail and wholesale industries, Cultural studies, Literary studies: general, Human geography, History
Tourism, Travel, and Blogging is available in Paperback, Ebook, Hardback
Tourism, Travel, and Blogging was written by Deepti Ruth Azariah and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Tourism, Travel, and Blogging has 180 pages
Yes it is part of New Directions in Tourism Analysis series
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