Bibliograph

Couchsurfing cosmopolitanisms, can tourism make a better world?, David Picard, Sonja Buchberger (eds.)

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Couchsurfing cosmopolitanisms, can tourism make a better world?, David Picard, Sonja Buchberger (eds.)

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Couchsurfing cosmopolitanisms

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

852787644

Responsibility statement

David Picard, Sonja Buchberger (eds.)

Series statement

Kultur und soziale Praxis

Sub title

can tourism make a better world?

Summary

This book provides unique insights into the culture of computer-mediated hospitality platforms and how these platforms transform contemporary tourism and travel practice. Through their focus on ¿Couchsurfing±, the most successful online hospitality community throughout the world, the authors explore how social relations, intimacy and trust are established in the online environment, and how these parameters generate sociability in the face-to-face realms of current tourism and travel. Through a series of case studies, the authors examine the potentials of the ¿Couchsurfing± project to put the ideals of cosmopolitan hospitality into action--, Provided by publisher

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