Travel connections [electronic resource] : tourism, technology and togetherness in a mobile world / Jennie Germann Molz.
Material type: TextSeries: International library of sociologyPublication details: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2012. Edition: 1st edDescription: 198 pISBN: 9780203123096 (e-book : PDF)Subject(s): Online social networks | Tourism -- Social aspects | Tourism -- Technological innovations | Culture and tourismGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources: Click here to access online Also available in print edition.Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-195) and index.
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.
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