Travel Connections : Tourism, Technology and Togetherness in a Mobile World

Travel Connections : Tourism, Technology and Togetherness in a Mobile World / Jennie Germann Molz.

Living in a world that is increasingly 'on the move' means that many of us now rely on mobile devices, social media, and networking technologies to coordinate togetherness with our social networks even when we are apart. Nowhere is this phenomenon more evident than in the emerging practice...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Molz, Jennie Germann, 1969- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Series:International library of sociology.
Subjects:
Online social networks.
Tourism > Social aspects.
Tourism > Technological innovations.
Culture and tourism.
Culture and tourism
Online social networks
Tourism > Social aspects
Tourism > Technological innovations
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Table of Contents:
  • Travel Connections Tourism, technology and togetherness in a mobile world; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: tourism, technology and togetherness in a mobile world; 2 Fieldwork on the move: mobile virtual ethnography; 3 Landscape: connecting to place, connected places; 4 Gaze: mobilizing and mediating the tourist gaze; 5 Hospitality: the mobile conviviality of CouchSurfing; 6 Authenticity: representation, commodification and re-enchantment; 7 Escape: unplugging from modernity; 8 Conclusion: performing mobile sociality; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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