Essays about: "BeWelcome"

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  1. 1. The Commodification of the Couch : A Dialectical Analysis of Hospitality Exchange Networks

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Simon Schöpf; [2014]
    Keywords : commons; digital commons; commodification; critical theory; political economy of communication; Couchsurfing; BeWelcome; hospitality exchange; hospex;

    Abstract : Hospitality exchange (HospEx) networks – online platforms facilitating the connection between a traveler and a local resident – embody many of the cyber-utopian promises intrinsic to the Web as it started out 25 years ago. Such sites have often been conceptualized as a new and daring trend in a booming ‘sharing industry’ and have been researched for topics such as trust, reputation, and online identities. READ MORE