Bryan Pirolli

Travel Journalism

Informing Tourists in the Digital Age

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the last decade, with the success of review sites and online commentaries and the increased accessibility of travel information online, the job of a traditional travel journalist is being challenged. Travel Journalism closely examines the impact of digital media and technology on this specialist area of journalism and how professionals working in travel media today are adapting to it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781138086968
• ISBN-10: 1138086967
• Artikelnr.: 53302595

Autorenporträt

Bryan Pirolli holds a communications PhD and is a researcher with the Sorbonne Nouvelle Institut de la Communication et des Médias, France. He lectured at London College of Communication and Birkbeck College while studying travel media. He has worked as a journalist for publications including CNN Travel and Time Out Paris.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
PART 1: Travel Journalism as Profession
Chapter 1: A Travel Journalism History
Chapter 2: Travel Journalists and Professional Ideology
Chapter 3: Reporting and Newsgathering in a Travel Context
PART 2: Travel Journalism in Practice: Challenges and Changes
Chapter 4: Economics of Travel Journalism Production
Chapter 5: Audience Expectations and Practices Online
Chapter 6: Writing Online: Suggestions and Considerations
Chapter 7: Engaging with User-Generated Content from Twitter to TripAdvisor
Chapter 8: Reporting from Foreign Lands
Chapter 9: Self-Branding the Travel Journalist
PART 3: New Interpretations and Opportunities
Chapter 10: A Constructive Approach to Travel Journalism
Chapter 11: Cultural Representation and Understanding in a Globalized Community
Chapter 12: Travel Journalism and the Sharing Economy: The Case of Airbnbmag
Conclusion