John Richard Thomas Bustard, Peter Bolan, Adrian Devine and Karise Hutchinson
The use of âspecial eventsâ as an attractor for destinations in the smart tourism paradigm has been suggested as one element of an effective destination strategy. This study aimsâŠ
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Purpose
The use of âspecial eventsâ as an attractor for destinations in the smart tourism paradigm has been suggested as one element of an effective destination strategy. This study aims to create new understandings of this potentiality by exploring an event from a participant perspective in smart tourism contexts by creating a model integrating factors impacting the smart event experience.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors conducted five online focus groups by using Facebook secret groups to engage spectators of an international sports event. Discussions focussed on the digital event experience with particular reference to the event app. A subsequent interpretative phenomenological analysis facilitated the examination of how people make sense of this digital phenomenon and the impact on the overall event experience.
Findings
The findings demonstrate an increasing demand for real-time event integrative information, with more immersive and augmented experiences often sought by users. This has significant implications for the management of the digital event experience for all event stakeholders.
Research limitations/implications
This study is limited in its analysis of the smart event experience because of the use of a purposive sample from the International NW200 Event in Northern Ireland, which may limit the generalisability of research findings.
Originality/value
The study therefore, meets a critical gap in existent literature by providing the first event experience model in a smart tourism context and presenting the interlocking elements through the 4Pâs (people, processes, personalisation and places) and 7Râs (rituals, realms, realities, renewal, review, relational and resourcing) of digital event experience.
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Peter Bolan, Stephen Boy and Jim Bell
The purpose of this paper is to investigate what the authors have termed displacement theory (grounded in aspects of authenticity) within the larger phenomenon of filmâinducedâŠ
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate what the authors have termed displacement theory (grounded in aspects of authenticity) within the larger phenomenon of filmâinduced tourism and to present a clearer understanding of the inherent implications and opportunities for economic development this may bring.
Design/methodology/approach
The objectives are achieved through critical review of previous film tourism literature combined with use of blog and keyâinformant interview research. The research follows an interpretive paradigm and address a gap in the filmâinduced tourism literature on the area of authenticity and displacement.
Findings
Key research findings revealed that â3â distinct tourist types exist in film tourism which gives rise to â3â distinct markets. Authenticity is important to film tourists, especially when displacement occurs. There is a lack of industry understanding and recognition which ignores film locations when displacement occurs.
Practical implications
There needs to be greater recognition and acceptance of filmâinduced tourism, closer collaboration between tourist authorities and film bodies, greater efforts to develop and promote the film locations as opposed to the story settings/places depicted, retention or reâcreation of film sets â building simulacra if necessary to retain more essence of film authenticity and greater use of qualitative research, especially through new and innovative means such as the blog techniques used in this study.
Originality/value
This paper addresses a gap in previous film tourism literature regarding authenticity and displacement and as such makes an original contribution to this field. New innovative methods (using blog research) also bring a fresh approach. This paper will be of value to academics and industry practitioners interested in filmâinduced tourism and indeed tourism in general, as well as students studying/researching this important field.
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The purpose of this paper is to explain why the filmâinduced tourism sector is growing and outline the key questions that are likely to affect the future development of thisâŠ
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explain why the filmâinduced tourism sector is growing and outline the key questions that are likely to affect the future development of this sector.
Design/methodology/approach
The theme issue is profiled and the purpose and approach of each article explained in the context of the overall strategic question: how can the filmâinducted tourism phenomenon be sustainably managed?
Findings
The paper concludes that there is both a need and an opportunity for dialogue and interchange between practitioners and academics.
Practical implications
The paper explores the key issues affecting the growth of filmâinduced tourism around the globe.
Originality/value
The paper identifies and explores facets of the relatively new filmâinduced tourism phenomenon.
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Previous research, at once more abstract and more concrete, has neglected the intermediate level of interorganizational coordination (IOC): coordination structures. This theory ofâŠ
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Previous research, at once more abstract and more concrete, has neglected the intermediate level of interorganizational coordination (IOC): coordination structures. This theory of IOC identifies coordination structures, ranging from the liaison to markets and interorganizational networks, at various levels of organizational generality and complexity. Coordination structures invoke informal and formal links, based on hierarchy (command), market (exchange), or associationâsolidarity (trust). IOC and its related coordination structures are the result of organizations' perceiving their interdependence. IOC cases in environmental management illustrate the theory and its implications for organizational analysis and institutional design.
ZoltĂĄn PĂĄpai, Aliz McLean, PĂ©ter Nagy, GĂĄbor SzabĂł and Gergely Csorba
The paper aims to discuss the expected changes 5G will bring to the assessment of active mobile network sharing agreements from a competition policy point of view.
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Purpose
The paper aims to discuss the expected changes 5G will bring to the assessment of active mobile network sharing agreements from a competition policy point of view.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper distinguishes between current, early 5G networks and the fully-fledged 5G envisioned for the future, then focuses on the main competition concerns where 5G may bring the most significant changes in the evaluation compared to 4G.
Findings
The authors find that while network sharing for early 5G can be evaluated in a similar way to previous generations, fully-fledged 5G can raise new issues. The authors predict these main concerns to be service differentiation, cost commonality between the parties and the partiesâ ability and incentives to grant access to critical inputs to downstream competitors. Due to the huge costs of 5G rollout, network sharing is set to become even more widespread than before. For each of the concerns, the authors show that they are not easy to substantiate and they may even become less serious than under 4G.
Originality/value
To the best of the authorsâ knowledge, this paper is one of the first contributions to analyse the impact of fully-fledged 5G on mobile network sharing agreementsâ competitive assessment.
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Szilvia Gyimóthy, Christine Lundberg, Kristina N. Lindström, Maria Lexhagen and Mia Larson
Tourism in the wake of films, literature, and music is gaining interest among academics and practitioners alike. Despite the significance of converging tourism and mediaâŠ
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Tourism in the wake of films, literature, and music is gaining interest among academics and practitioners alike. Despite the significance of converging tourism and media production and popcultural consumption, theorizing in this field is weak. This chapter explores complex relationships among popcultural phenomena, destination image creation, and tourism consumption. By taking a broader social science approach, it revisits and connects research themes, such as symbolic consumption, negotiated representations, fans and fandom, technology mediation, and media convergence. The chapter concludes with an integrative model, or âpopcultural placemaking loop,â which is qualified through six propositions.
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This narrative review explored the efficacy of school-based child sexual abuse prevention programmes between 1990 and 2002. There were 22 efficacy studies that met clear inclusionâŠ
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This narrative review explored the efficacy of school-based child sexual abuse prevention programmes between 1990 and 2002. There were 22 efficacy studies that met clear inclusion criteria. Results covered both methodological design and the range of outcome measures. Methodology was analysed through four dimensions (target population, prevention programme implementation, evaluation methodology and cost-effectiveness). Outcomes for children covered nine categories (knowledge, skills, emotion, perception of risk, touch discrimination, reported response to actual threat/abuse, disclosure, negative effects and maintenance of gains). The studies had many methodological limitations. Prevention programmes had a measure of effectiveness in increasing children ' s awareness of child sexual abuse as well as self-protective skills. Beyond minimal disclosure rates, there was no evidence to demonstrate that programmes protected children from intra-familial sexual abuse. For a small number of children prevention programmes produced minimal negative emotional effects. Recommendations for future research, policy and practice, include realistic outcomes for child participants and locating programmes within wider abuse prevention measures.