Travel connections : tourism, technology and togetherness in a mobile world / / Jennie Germann Molz
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| Autore: |
Molz Jennie Germann <1969-, >
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| Titolo: |
Travel connections : tourism, technology and togetherness in a mobile world / / Jennie Germann Molz
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| Pubblicazione: | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Edizione: | First edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.4/819 |
| Soggetto topico: | Online social networks |
| Tourism - Social aspects | |
| Tourism - Technological innovations | |
| Culture and tourism | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 practices of 'interactive travel'. Today's travellers are more likely than ever to pack a laptop or a mobile phone and to use these devices to stay in touch with friends and family members - as well as to connect with strangers and other travellers - while they are on the road. New practices such as location-aware |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Travel connections |
| ISBN: | 1-280-87426-0 |
| 9786613715579 | |
| 1-136-33704-0 | |
| 1-136-33703-2 | |
| 0-203-12309-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910779251503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
International library of sociology.