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The Virtual Fan(G) Community: Social Media and Pop Culture Tourism
Mittuniversitetet.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6610-9303
Lunds universitet.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8935-5072
Mittuniversitetet.
2013 (English)In: Tourism Social Media: Transformations in Identity, Community and Culture / [ed] Ana María Munar, Szilvia Gyimóthy & Liping Cai, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013, p. 133-157Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This chapter focuses on the importance of social media for pop culture fans. A web survey for fans of the Twilight Saga is implemented, using the concepts of cognitive, affective, and evaluative social identity and personal, product, and situational involvement. The purpose is to examine to what degree social identity and involvement can explain pop culture fans' future intention to travel, make recommendations to others, and use social media. Findings show that pop culture fans use social media to a large extent and that these means are important for making decisions about traveling and event participation. Moreover, the chapter shows that involvement dimensions are more important than social identity dimensions to explain future intention to travel, to recommend to others, and to use social media.

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013. p. 133-157
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Tourism Social Science Series, ISSN 1571-5043 ; 18
Keywords [en]
Pop culture tourism, virtual community, social identity, involvement
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Business Administration Social and Economic Geography
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Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-89332DOI: 10.1108/S1571-5043(2013)0000018010ISI: 000358141700008ISBN: 978-1-78190-213-4 (print)ISBN: 978-1-78190-262-2 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-89332DiVA, id: diva2:1649968
Available from: 2022-04-05 Created: 2022-04-05 Last updated: 2026-02-12Bibliographically approved

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