Artikel

Adoption of social media as distribution channels in tourism marketing: A qualitative analysis of consumers’ experiences

The study reported in this paper explores consumers’ experiences with technology-assisted service encounters by investigating the applicability of Mick and Fournier’s paradoxes of technology adoption to the social media as distribution channel in tourism scenario. In-depth interviews were conducted to explore consumers’ experiences when using social media distribution services and the results were compared to those of Mick and Fournier. The findings are similar, suggesting that when consumers adopt online technology like social media, they can simultaneously develop positive and negative attitudes. The findings of this study also suggest that the nature of some of the paradoxes experienced by consumers may depend on the industry (tourism in this study) and the technology (social media in this study) being investigated.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: Journal of Tourism, Heritage & Services Marketing ; ISSN: 2529-1947 ; Volume: 6 ; Year: 2020 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 25-32 ; Thessaloniki: International Hellenic University

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism
Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
Tourism: Marketing and Finance
Thema
adoption of technological innovations
social media
distribution channels
tourism marketing

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Chatzigeorgiou, Chryssoula
Christou, Evangelos
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
International Hellenic University
(wo)
Thessaloniki
(wann)
2020

DOI
doi:10.5281/zenodo.3603355
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Chatzigeorgiou, Chryssoula
  • Christou, Evangelos
  • International Hellenic University

Entstanden

  • 2020

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