Connected tourists: From sightseeing to sitesharing
Access Status
Open access
Authors
Magasic, Michaelangelo Stanislav
Date
2018Supervisor
Mike Kent
Type
Thesis
Award
PhD
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Humanities
School
Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry
Collection
Abstract
This thesis investigates the influence of ICTs on travel experience using an interdisciplinary perspective linking tourism and internet studies. Drawing from a hybrid autoethnographic approach, the argument is shaped around three themes: connectivity, performance, and place, which interconnect in explicating the mediatory role of ICTs within travel. As its conclusion, the thesis proposes the conceptual framework of “sitesharing”, which foregrounds the role of the online audience in shaping how touristic events are perceived and remembered.