The Social Affordances of Flashpacking: Exploring the Mobility Nexus of Travel and Communication

Mobilities

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 173-192

  Germann Molz, Jennie ^a   Paris, Cody Morris ^b,c  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY DUBAI   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Independent travel; Mediated travel; Online research; Social interaction; Tourism mobilities; Virtual mobilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922765613     PISSN: 17450101     EISSN: 1745011X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2013.848605     Document Type: Article

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