Exploring Presentations of the Self: Tourist Identity and Representation on Facebook
| dc.contributor.author | Cohen, Helen Sarah | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-14T16:35:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-08-14T16:35:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-08-14 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2018-04-04 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The aim of this study is to explore how tourists present and manage impressions of the self as tourist, on Facebook, while travelling. This study applies a qualitative content analysis to the tourism-related, user-generated content of individual Facebook pages with the aim of exploring mid-travel tourism identity representation on Facebook. A literature review uncovered a shortage of academic research on the mid-travel phase of tourism consumption, prompting the focus of this study. The study is framed through the lens of symbolic interactionism, the theoretical perspective guiding this research journey. Eight semi-structured interviews were carried out, and a constant comparative analysis was applied to generate three main themes, each with subsequent sub-themes. The results include a discussion on place and self representation, perpetuating popular destination images, situating the self as part of a collective, and social media engagement and reciprocity. Opportunities for future research in social media tourism are elucidated. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13593 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.pending | false | |
| dc.publisher | University of Waterloo | en |
| dc.subject | content analysis | en |
| dc.subject | en | |
| dc.subject | identity | en |
| dc.subject | qualitative research | en |
| dc.subject | representation | en |
| dc.subject | social media | en |
| dc.subject | symbolic interactionism | en |
| dc.subject | tourism | en |
| dc.subject | travel | en |
| dc.title | Exploring Presentations of the Self: Tourist Identity and Representation on Facebook | en |
| dc.type | Master Thesis | en |
| uws-etd.degree | Master of Arts | en |
| uws-etd.degree.department | Recreation and Leisure Studies | en |
| uws-etd.degree.discipline | Recreation and Leisure Studies (Tourism) | en |
| uws-etd.degree.grantor | University of Waterloo | en |
| uws.contributor.advisor | Boluk, Karla | |
| uws.contributor.affiliation1 | Faculty of Applied Health Sciences | en |
| uws.peerReviewStatus | Unreviewed | en |
| uws.published.city | Waterloo | en |
| uws.published.country | Canada | en |
| uws.published.province | Ontario | en |
| uws.scholarLevel | Graduate | en |
| uws.typeOfResource | Text | en |
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