The use of social media in travel information search

By Namho Chung, Chulmo Koo. Telematics and informatics, 2015

432 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Information Systems and Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science

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Citations in the corpus

Why do people share their travel experiences on social media? (2020, background): “Many authors have sought to explain how these factors influence the sharing of experiences through social media (Chung & Koo, 2015; Munar & Jacobsen, 2014; Xiang & Gretzel, 2010), and which of them may affect users in searching travel experiences.”
Tourists’ Experiences with Smart Tourism Technology at Smart Destinations and Their Behavior Intentions (2019, background): “In a study of social media by Chung and Koo (2015), information reliability is a key predictor of the value of social media in tourists’ information search (Chung and Koo 2015).”
Putting the “self” in selfies: how narcissism, envy and self-promotion motivate sharing of travel photos through social media (2020, background): “A substantial amount of academic research has focused on social media’s role in the planning stage of travel (e.g. Casalo et al., 2015; Chung & Koo, 2015; Cox, Burgess, Sellitto, & Buultjens, 2009; Lo, McKercher, Lo, Cheung, & Law, 2011; Nath, Saha, & Salehi-Sangari, 2019; Rashidi, Abbasi,…”
Use of AI-based tools for healthcare purposes: a survey study from consumers’ perspectives (2020, background): “However, the value-based adoption model is viewed as a more appropriate approach to explain the behavior of service consumers by indicating that most consumers support new technologies based on their personal perceptions [13].”
Effects of tourism information quality in social media on destination image formation: The case of Sina Weibo (2017, background): “Over the past 15 years, however, these traditional tourism information sources have been substituted by Internet travel websites and social media feeds, which provide travel information to users and allow them to share their experiences in an interactive manner (Chung & Koo, 2015).”