Valuing Expertise During the Pandemic

Baniya, Sweta; Potts, Liza

doi:10.1177/1050651920958503

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“…Existing studies on senior tourism have usually relied on information from tourists and individuals. However, during a crisis such as the pandemic, it is important to take expert opinions into account (Baniya and Potts, 2021). This study offers a model based on expert opinions that predicts the destination choice intentions of senior tourists.…”

Section: Proposed Model For Senior Tourismmentioning

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Senior tourism: travel motivators and perceived constraints and risks for the elderly

Aggarwal

Hajra

Kukreja

2023

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Purpose To cater to the senior tourist market, it is essential to comprehend the factors motivating and deterring them from international travel post-COVID-19. This study aims to focus on senior citizens’ destination choice intentions and aims to develop a model that prioritizes positive and negative factors leading to international travel destination choices. It uses push–pull factors, perceived travel risks (PTRs) and perceived travel constraints (PTCs). Design/methodology/approach Decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) and fuzzy technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (Fuzzy TOPSIS) are two multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques used to identify connections between variables and determine their relative importance in the decision-making model. Findings DEMATEL found push and pull factors are “effects” while PTCs and PTRs are “causes” affecting senior citizens’ destination choices. Push factors and PTCs have a greater impact than pull factors and PTRs. Fuzzy TOPSIS highlighted “improving health and wellness” and “self-fulfillment and spirituality” as key push factors, “health safety and security quotient” as the most important pull factor, and “interpersonal constraints” as the most critical PTC. Finally, “health risks” is the top PTR. Originality/value This paper adds to the tourism literature by looking at the relationship between senior tourists’ motivation, PTRs and PTCs and showing how the subfactors affect their choice of destination rank. The data analysis techniques used in this study are also novel, having never been used before in senior tourism research. Finally, even though there is a lot of research on senior tourism, not much is known about how Indian senior tourists act. In light of this study’s findings, practical recommendations were offered to tourism stakeholders worldwide, interested in tapping into the market of Indian outbound senior tourists or repositioning product or destination offerings to take this promising market or similar markets into account.

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Senior tourism: travel motivators and perceived constraints and risks for the elderly

Aggarwal

Hajra

Kukreja

2023

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“…Some studies in the review explored the topic of actionable items that could be imposed on the public to limit the spread of misinformation. One such suggestion was to implement a standard for validating professional status that could be displayed on social media to relay to the public the credibility of the information being presented [ 30 ]. Research has shown that an “accuracy nudge” intervention, which involved participants in assessing the accuracy of the news headline, was an effective way of preventing users on social media from spreading misinformation [ 31 ].…”

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“…Other sources demonstrated that public figures with a large following had a significant impact on denouncing misinformation [ 34 ]. Another common consideration of how misinformation was received largely depended on how it was tagged (i.e., as harmful vs. going against public health officials) [ 11 , 28 , 29 , 30 ]. By collectively investigating different components, this scoping review has highlighted potential strategies for limiting the spread of misinformation related to COVID-19 [ 34 ].…”

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“…By collectively investigating different components, this scoping review has highlighted potential strategies for limiting the spread of misinformation related to COVID-19 [ 34 ]. Considering these different components, such as who should combat misinformation and methods to do so, will aid in curtailing the spread of misinformation in the future when encountering future pandemics or health threats [ 11 , 28 , 29 , 30 ].…”

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COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media: A Scoping Review

Joseph¹,

Fernández²,

Kritzman³

et al. 2022

Cureus

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Social media allows for easy access and sharing of information in real-time. Since the beginning of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, social media has been used as a tool for public health officials to spread valuable information. However, many Internet users have also used it to spread misinformation, commonly referred to as “fake news.” The spread of misinformation can lead to detrimental effects on the infrastructure of healthcare and society. The purpose of this scoping review was to identify the sources and impact of COVID-19 misinformation on social media and examine potential strategies for limiting the spread of misinformation. A systemized search of PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science electronic databases using search terms relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic, social media, misinformation, or disinformation was conducted. Identified titles and abstracts were screened to select original reports and cross-checked for duplications. Using both inclusion and exclusion criteria, results from the initial literature search were screened by independent reviewers. After quality assessment and screening for relevance, 20 articles were included in the final review. The following three themes emerged: (1) sources of misinformation, (2) impact of misinformation, and (3) strategies to limit misinformation about COVID-19 on social media. Misinformation was commonly shared on social media platforms such as Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, messaging applications, and personal websites. The utilization of social media for the dissemination of evidence-based information was shown to be beneficial in combating misinformation. The evidence suggests that both individual websites and social media networks play a role in the spread of COVID-19 misinformation. This practice may potentially exacerbate the severity of the pandemic, create mistrust in public health experts, and impact physical and mental health. Efforts to limit and prevent misinformation require interdisciplinary, multilevel approaches involving government and public health agencies, social media corporations, and social influencers.

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“…James Fleck notes that while ‘virtually everyone has access to contingent knowledge to some extent, though depending on the structures and relations of power within and between organizations, not everyone’s contingent knowledge is equally recognized, perceived as being relevant, solicited, valued or acted on’ (Fleck, 1998:158), pointing to how the performance and verification of expertise have become far less trusted and more open to manipulation in the contemporary media and communications environment. It is now well established that much contemporary public (particularly political) discourse frames such scholarly or professional displays of expertise as ‘under attack’ or ‘untrustworthy’ (Eyal, 2019) following the treatment of various expert opinions around the climate crisis and, more recently, the Covid-19 pandemic (Baniya and Potts, 2021; Lovari, 2020; van Dijck and Alinejad, 2020).…”

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Vicarious expertise: Locating skilled knowing in craft reality competition television

Luckman

Tower

2022

International Journal of Cultural Studies

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This article examines how qualities of expertise are constructed and sustained within the televisual world of craft reality competition television. We suggest that part of the appeal of this relatively recent media typology beyond any didactic or instructional interest, is a desire to observe expertise and thus gain perceived but highly circumscribed access to the community of practice that is presented by these television shows. We identify three principal expertise positions as common to the contemporary mediation of expertise presented by craft reality competition television: ‘keystone’, ‘relative’ and ‘vicarious’ expertise. It is argued that these different forms of expertise are mobilized as roles across a variety of craft reality competition television programs to enable entertaining access to craft practice-specific expertise which enables the audience to become experts of spectating expertise, masking the real time, effort, and access to hands-on training involved in becoming proficient in crafts practice.

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Valuing Expertise During the Pandemic

Cited by 11 publications

References 7 publications

Senior tourism: travel motivators and perceived constraints and risks for the elderly

Senior tourism: travel motivators and perceived constraints and risks for the elderly

COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media: A Scoping Review

Vicarious expertise: Locating skilled knowing in craft reality competition television

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