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Social networking technologies and the moral economy of alternative tourism: the case of couchsurfing.org
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In this article, the authors examine the role of social networking technologies in the moral economy of alternative tourism and find that these affordances are not isolated effects of the technologies themselves, but rather reflect a broader moral landscape in which alternative tourism is performed.About:
This article is published in Annals of Tourism Research.The article was published on 2013-10-01. It has received 238 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Moral economy & Alternative tourism.read more
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Social research 2.0: virtual snowball sampling method using Facebook
Fabiola Baltar,Ignasi Brunet +1 more
TL;DR: The present article is the first that uses Facebook as an instrument to study immigrants and proposes a novel mix of traditional methodologies updated with the use of new virtual possibilities of studying hard to reach populations, especially in areas of social research where the contributions of these methods are less developed.
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Sharing economy: A review and agenda for future research
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an objective, systematic and holistic review of the sharing economy (SE) academic literature to uncover the theoretical foundations and key themes underlying the field by using co-citation analysis and content analysis.
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Social research 2.0: virtual snowball sampling method using Facebook
TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented a sampling method using virtual networks to study "hard-to-reach" populations, which can expand the geographical scope and facilitate the identification of individuals with barriers to access.
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Why Tourists Choose Airbnb: A Motivation-Based Segmentation Study:
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate tourists' motivations for using Airbnb and find that the majority of tourists use the service for short-term stays. But they do not consider the long-term use of the service.
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Price determinants of sharing economy based accommodation rental : a study of listings from 33 cities on Airbnb.com
Dan Wang,Juan Luis Nicolau +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the price determinants of sharing economy based accommodation offers in the digital marketplace using ordinary least squares and quantile regression analysis, and explore the intricacies of the relationships between pricing and its determinants.
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