Essays about: "travel blogs"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words travel blogs.

  1. 1. New Media Travel Writing and the Renegotiation of Postcolonial Discourses - A Critical Discourse Analysis of Representations of the ‘Middle East’ on Travel Blogs

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Nadine Keller; [2018]
    Keywords : travel blogs; travel writing; new media; Middle East; postcolonialism; affordances; critical discourse analysis; Fairclough; media representations;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate the potential of travel blogs, as a form of popular new media travel writing, to renegotiate conventional discourses about the ‘Middle East’. By conducting a critical discourse analysis on six travel blogs authored by female writers from both the US and the ‘Middle East’, this thesis examines representational practices found in travel narratives, discloses their discursive tendencies, and interprets those in a sociocultural context. READ MORE

  3. 2. Celebpreneurship : The Evolvement of Entrepreneurship through Celebrification

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Burak Celebi; Markus Schumacher; Matthias Hunz; [2016]
    Keywords : Celebpreneurship Celebrity Entrepreneurship Celebrification Effectuation Causation Online Networks Capitals Bloggers Case Study Observational Research;

    Abstract : This study investigates and aims to capture a new phenomenon: “celebpreneurship”, a new form of entrepreneurship emerged through the celebrification process. Where ordinary individuals transform into celebrities, and become entrepreneurial when they reach certain amount of “well-knowness”, in order to monetize their activities. READ MORE

  4. 3. Destination Image and Travel Blogs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

    Author : Annika Kaikkonen; [2016]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

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  5. 4. Europe Through the Eyes of Travel Bloggers: A Eurail Case Study

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Larissa Olenicoff; [2012]
    Keywords : blogs; travel; tourism; European identity; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This paper seeks to explore what perceptions travel bloggers have of Europe and also what perceptions of Europe they might be transmitting to their readers. Based around Eurail’s Blog Trail 2011 campaign, five blogs were analyzed in an effort to uncover common characteristics of European destinations visited. READ MORE

  6. 5. Offentliga rum och utsuddade identitetsbegrepp : en resa mellan det virtuella och det fysisika i tid och otid

    University essay from SLU/Landscape Architecture (until 121231)

    Author : Pia Jonsson; [2009]
    Keywords : Informationssamhälle; virtuell värld; fysisk värld; identitetsskapande; Facebook; Internet; sociala rum; postmodern arkitektur; stad; kultur; offentligt rum; IKT informations- och kommunikationsteknik; flödesrum; flöden;

    Abstract : Trough a literature study based on both philosophic and objective fact this essay is taking off in the meaning of public space. It investigates how the information society and its virtual world are affecting the idea and use of public space in the city. READ MORE