User-Generated Content as a Research Mode in Tourism and Hospitality Applications: Topics, Methods, and Software

Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 119-154

  Lu, Weilin ^a   Stepchenkova, Svetlana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

consumer generated media; hospitality; social media; systematic review; tourism; user generated content; user generated media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921453417     PISSN: 19368623     EISSN: 19368631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19368623.2014.907758     Document Type: Article

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