Analysing blog content for competitive advantage: Lessons learned in the application of software aided linguistics analysis

Social Media in Travel, Tourism and Hospitality: Theory, Practice and Cases

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 281-292

  Crotts, John C ^a   Davis, Boyd H ^b   Mason, Peyton R ^c  

^a Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c NONE

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