The Journal for Information Professionals
Asia Pacific Journal of Information Systems (APJIS), a Scopus and ABDC indexed journal, is a
flagship journal of the information systems (IS) field in the Asia Pacific region.
ISSN 2288-5404 (Print) / ISSN 2288-6818 (Online)
Editor : Seung Hyun Kim
Current Issue
Date | March 2015 |
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Vol. No. | Vol. 25 No. 1 |
DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.14329/apjis.2015.25.1.105 |
Page | 105~120 |
Title | Constructivist Research in Smart Tourism |
Author | William Cannon Hunter, Namho Chung, Ulrike Gretzel, Chulmo Koo |
Keyword | augmented Reality, Commodification, Commoditization, Constructivism, Reflexivity, Smart Tourism Ecosystems, Virtual Reality |
Abstract | Smart tourism is a social phenomenon arising from the convergence of information technology with the tourism experience. New ways of doing business, new patterns of experience and new problems concerning tourism destination image management and marketing are emerging due to the ubiquitous presence and influence of the internet and mobile devices. New conceptual tools are also available to enable researchers to further understand the social implications as well as the practical implementation of these new virtual and augmented smart tourism ecosystems. To this effect this paper introduces the constructivist paradigm and associated research methodologies as another toolbox for interpreting how smart tourism works as a form of soft power. The implications revealed by constructivism are that through smart tourism ecosystems, destination commodification and commoditization, experience and image formation are increasingly self-per-petuating, autonomous and organic social constructions. Researchers in information technology can use con-structivist research to further explore these dynamic developments in smart tourism. |
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