Ideal image in process: Online tourist photography and impression management

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 104-116

  Lo, Iris Sheungting ^a,b   McKercher, Bob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Impression management; Online sharing; Performance; Social media; Tourist gaze; Tourist photography

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; MASS MEDIA; PHOTOGRAPH; PHOTOGRAPHY; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84925245039     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2015.02.019     Document Type: Article

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