Facebook as an edutainment medium to engage students in sustainability and tourism

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-90

  Isacsson, Annica ^a   Gretzel, Ulrike ^b,c  

^a LAUREA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Entertainment; Self managed learning; Social networking sites; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869217677     PISSN: 17579880     EISSN: 17579899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17579881111112430     Document Type: Article

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