Essays about: "couchsurfing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the word couchsurfing.

  1. 1. ‘SAY SOMETHING MEANINGFUL ABOUT YOURSELF’: DISTINCT SELFPRESENTATION ON COUCHSURFING

    University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

    Author : Petar Brkovic; [2022-10-24]
    Keywords : Couchsurfing; self-presentation; Goffman; impression management; online; social media;

    Abstract : With the emergence of social media platforms, the phenomenon of self-presentation gained new setting in which it can be manifested, and that has attracted scholars from different fields. Scientists have largely applied Goffman’s impression management theoretical framework in analysing different aspects of self-presentation on social media and research has mainly stayed within the realm of most popular social media sites, such as Facebook and Instagram. READ MORE

  3. 2. Customer Retention Through Trust In The Sharing Economy : A Case Study Through Hospitality Businesses

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för ekonomi

    Author : Murat Halilovic; Saad Ur Rehman; [2020]
    Keywords : sharing economy; trust; customer retention;

    Abstract : Abstract Aim: To investigate the influence of trust in the sharing economy in general and customer retention in particular.  Methodology: This study uses constructivist and interpretative philosophical underpinnings. With an inductive approach, a qualitative research strategy was conducted through semi-structured interviews. READ MORE

  4. 3. Welcoming Strangers : a study about digitalized hospitality visuals of Airbnb and Couchsurfing dwellings

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Anna Puzanova; [2020]
    Keywords : tourism; hospitality; Airbnb; Couchsurfing; digital media; visual analysis; visual culture of hospitality; privacy; metaphors; viewer’s gaze; work of imagination; aestheticization; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : We live in a digitalized world where visuals are as essential to us as they have never been. Tourism and hospitality are not an exception here but rather examples of huge dependence on visual culture. READ MORE

  5. 4. Couchsurfing as a tool of tourism development in theperipheral urban area of Östersund

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomi, geografi, juridik och turism

    Author : Simone Vaccari; [2019]
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  6. 5. Couchsurfing : An understanding of the hosts’ willingness to offer accommodation free of charge to relative strangers

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Turismvetenskap

    Author : Vasiliki Laspa; [2018]
    Keywords : Couchsurfing; hospitality exchange; reciprocity; sharing; sharing economy; trust;

    Abstract : The aim of the research was to get a better understanding of why one might be a couch surfing host. The focus of this study is the general concept of the Couchsurfing platform which has created the possibility for travelers from all over the world, to offer or to request (or both) hospitality free of charge. READ MORE