Mapping segments accessing user-generated content and website applications in a joint space

International Journal of Culture, Tourism, and Hospitality Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 389-404

  Kastner, Margit ^a   Stangl, Brigitte ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b HTW Chur   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Internet; Rasch; Segmentation; Topology representing networks; User generated content; Web sites; Website design

Indexed keywords

CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84867826697     PISSN: 17506182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506181211265103     Document Type: Article

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