Rethinking the sociology of tourism

Cohen, Erik

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“…Pike's concept was further elaborated by Berry (1999), Warner (1999), Niblo and Jackson (2004) and other researchers in a wide range of study areas. Cohen (1979) was the first researcher in tourism to advocate the emic approach. He argued that it is not sufficient to study the touristic process from the outside, and the emic perspective of the different parties participating in the tourism process should hence be given explicit recognition in the research design.…”

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“…The analysis of tourists' reactions to being in dead zones requires a considered assessment of previous work on measuring experiences. While there is clearly a focus on experiences in tourism research dating from formative studies by Cohen (1979) and Krippendorf (1987), many older empirical research efforts have a very narrow and/or outdated view of experiences, taking only into account a basic consideration of satisfaction. Criticisms and reviews of these earlier efforts are available in Ryan (1995Ryan ( , 2000, Noe (1999), Kozak (2001) and Morgan et al (2010).…”

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Tourism in Technology Dead Zones: Documenting Experiential Dimensions

Pearce

Gretzel

2012

International Journal of Tourism Sciences

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In the last decade, the way tourists use communication technology has become a strong focus of tourism research. Nevertheless there are some locations where there is limited or no internet technology access. These locations can be labeled dead zones. The aims of the present research focus on how tourists think about and react to situations where their normal connectivity with their larger social and information world is disrupted. This study uses the results from five focus groups as well as considerable supporting literature to map the kinds of experiential outcomes tourists report when they are in dead zones. The work reviews tourists' positive and negative experiential outcomes arising from operating outside of their usual technology support systems. In particular the study found that there are major tensions arising from dead zone tourism; specifically stress related to social communication, work communication, safety versus escape, and refreshing or learning the skills of being fully engaged with the present company and setting. In the last decade, the way tourists use communication technology has become a strong focus of tourism research. Nevertheless there are some locations where there is limited or no internet technology access. These locations can be labelled dead zones. The aims of the present research focus on how tourists think about and react to situations where their normal connectivity with their larger social and information world is disrupted. This study uses the results from five focus groups as well as considerable supporting literature to map the kinds of experiential outcomes tourists report when they are in dead zones. The work reviews tourists' positive and negative experiential outcomes arising from operating outside of their usual technology support systems. In particular the study found that there are major tensions arising from dead zone tourism; specifically stress related to social communication, work communication, safety versus escape, and refreshing or learning the skills of being fully engaged with the present company and setting.

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Tourism in Technology Dead Zones: Documenting Experiential Dimensions

Pearce

Gretzel

2012

International Journal of Tourism Sciences

112

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“…Commencing from the classic works of Erik Cohen (1972;1974;1979) and Valene Smith's (1978;, 'Hosts and Guests', a distinct anthropology of tourism has emerged. Whilst other scholars typically recognised some benefits of tourism, anthropologists tended to raise concern that tourism damaged culture, which was evident in the key concepts of this anthropology of tourism discourse, such as: 'acculturation', where the borrowing of some elements of other cultures takes place as a result of the contact between different societies (Burns, 1999;Nunez, 1989); 'Doxey's irridex' (or index of irritation) relating to the nature of the relationship between tourists and their host communities (Doxey, 1976); the 'commodification of culture', in which the cultural meaning of cultural activities and artefacts is lost because of changes in their production needed to suit tourist consumers (Greenwood, 1989); and the 'invasion of private backspaces' by tourists in search of 'authenticity' (MacCannell, 1973).…”

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Putting social impact assessment to the test as a method for implementing responsible tourism practice

McCombes

Vanclay

Evers³

2015

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

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“…Disappointment with the event and its experiential authenticity (Cohen, 1979) was a common theme in the interviews and appeared to have a negative impact upon the respondent's post-rationalisation of the event: …”

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Performing the high-school prom in the UK: Locating authenticity through practice

Tinson

Nuttall

2011

Journal of Marketing Management

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The purpose of this study was threefold: to develop an understanding of the appropriation of the US High School Prom in the UK and more importantly to generate an insight into the producers and consumers of such an event; to establish if the performance of the prom is hyper-real or if there is an awareness of the authentic or inauthentic elements of this ritual and finally to ascertain local interpretation of authenticity and glocal practice. The method used here was a qualitative approach employing 24 in-depth interviews with young adults (18-20 years) who had attended a prom in the UK in the last three years. The findings illustrated that the role and the social network of the individual was key to engagement with the High School Prom and also indicated a possible symbiosis of the strands of theory associated with authenticity. Diverse localised meanings of the prom performance were also identified. As the school prom is a growth market in the UK businesses should be aware of adolescents' desire for ownership of this event and should tailor their marketing accordingly. Key WordsAdolescence, Authenticity, Qualitative Research, Rituals, Organisation and Practice BiographiesDr Julie Tinson is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing at the University of Stirling where she principally teaches Consumer Behaviour and Marketing Communications. Her research interests include family decision making and consumer socialisation. She has published widely on consumer behaviour in relation to families and children and has recently written a book on how to research with children and adolescents. Consultancy includes work for Associa (NFU), Barclays Bank, Tpoll and Channel 4. Dr Peter Nuttall is a Lecturer in Marketing in the School of Management at the University of Bath. He teaches in the areas of international marketing and marketing communications and is also a visiting associate professor at Malta University. His publications have been focused primarily in the field of adolescent and young consumer behaviour. More specifically his research has explored the consumption and use of popular music as a means of expressing identity and the impact of family structure and peer group affiliation on this consumption behaviour. Consultancy work has centred on consumer market research in the charity and not-for-profit sector. 2

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Rethinking the sociology of tourism

Cited by 576 publications

References 13 publications

Tourism in Technology Dead Zones: Documenting Experiential Dimensions

Tourism in Technology Dead Zones: Documenting Experiential Dimensions

Putting social impact assessment to the test as a method for implementing responsible tourism practice

Performing the high-school prom in the UK: Locating authenticity through practice

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