Couchsurfing Cosmopolitanisms : Can Tourism Make a Better World?.

The book provides unique insights into the culture of computer-mediated hospitality and how this has begun to transform contemporary tourism and travel practice. Focusing on Couchsurfing.org, one of the largest online hospitality communities worldwide, the authors explore how social relations, intim...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Picard, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: transcript Verlag, 2014.
Subjects:
Tourism > Social aspects.
Online social networks.
Cosmopolitanism.
Culture and tourism.
Tourism > Technological innovations.
Hospitality industry > Data processing.
Réseaux sociaux (Internet)
Cosmopolitisme.
Ethnotourisme.
Accueil (Tourisme) > Informatique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Cosmopolitanism
Culture and tourism
Hospitality industry > Data processing
Online social networks
Tourism > Social aspects
Tourism > Technological innovations
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover Couchsurfing Cosmopolitanisms ; Content; 1. Introduction: Couchsurfing in Lisbon, Tunis and Brisbane ; 2. Cosmopolitans on the Couch: Mobile Hospitality and the Internet ; 3. Hosting Marco in Siberia: Couchsurfing Hospitality in an "Out of the Way" Place.
  • 8. Online to Offline Social Networking: Contextualising Sociality Today Through Couchsurfing.org 9. Anthropology and Couchsurfing
  • Variations on a Theme (An Afterword) ; List of Contributors ; Index.

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