Social Networks and Their Potential for Education

Poulová, Petra; Klímová, Blanka

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-24306-1_36

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“…One of the most cited is provided by Boyd and Ellison (2007) who define social network sites as follows: SNSs are web-based services that allow individuals to construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system; articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection and view and traverse their list of connections and those by other within the system. They also put the main emphasis on their social aspect since these social network sites enable users to articulate and make visible their social networks (Poulova and Klimova, 2015).…”

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Social Network Sites in Travel and Tourism: Benefits and Limitations

Kacetl¹,

Klímová²

2020

J. Eng. Appl. Sci.

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The purpose of this study is to explore the most frequently used Social Network Sites (SNSs) in travel and tourism as well as to discuss and summarize their benefits and limitations for the travel and tourism industry. It is particularly useful for the author's students of Management of Travel and Tourism at the Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove who will need the knowledge of SNSs as a prerequisite for being successful in their future profession. First, this study uses the method of literature review which is applied to determine the most popular SNSs in travel and tourism. Then, thus selected SNSs are compared and evaluated. There is a number of SNSs used for the travel and tourism purposes. However, the most popular SNSs are still Facebook and Twitter. As the findings show, the SNSs used for the travel and tourism purposes provide their users with travel information and/or facilitate contacts. Among the benefits belong an easy access to various content. Limitations include lower control over this content.

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Social Network Sites in Travel and Tourism: Benefits and Limitations

Kacetl¹,

Klímová²

2020

J. Eng. Appl. Sci.

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“…They also put the main emphasis on their social aspect since these social network sites enable users to articulate and make visible their social networks (cf. [2]).…”

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Advantages and Drawbacks of Social Network Sites Utilization in Travel and Tourism

Kacetl

Klímová

2018

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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The article explores how social network sites (SNSs) are used in travel and tourism. Another objective is to find out and summarize whether or not SNSs are beneficial for the travel and tourism industry. This study was based on literature review that was employed to determine the most popular SNSs in travel and tourism. Then, selected widely used SNSs were compared and evaluated. The advent of Web 2.0 brought about significant changes in tourism. There are currently a lot of platforms that can be utilized in travel and tourism for various purposes. Some of these platforms focus on providing solely travel related content. However, the most popular SNSs used in tourism are still Facebook and Twitter, which do not specialize in tourism. The findings suggest that the tourism related SNSs provide their users predominantly with travel information and/or facilitate contacts. Advantages include an easy access to various content twenty four hours seven days a week regardless the time zone. Among their drawbacks belong a lack of lower control over content and difficulties with sorting the valuable from the worthless among loads of various platforms and messages.

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