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Technological Mediation and User Created Content in Tourism

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: A development in Information and Communication Technologies promising\nto have a large impact on tourism is the phenomenon known as the Web 2.0. A key to\nthis development is the encouraging of interactivity due to User Generated Content\n(UGC). This paper focuses on a specific type of UGC: Tourist Created Content (TCC).\nBased on an exploratory examination of the Web and an extensive analysis of the\ncontent, the study systematizes the knowledge about TCC, presents a classification\nsystem and provides an overview of its characteristics. The paper shows the processes\nthat allow the tourist to digitalize content and reveals how TCC relates to the cultures of\nthe Internet and shapes the tourism experience.

Source: OpenArchive@CBS (Copenhagen Business School)

Author: Ana María Munar

Language: English

Topic: Digital Marketing and Social Media

Subfield: Marketing

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3086885057

FWCI: 2.213

Cites: 43

Cited by: 16

Related to: 10