The social impact of events in social media conversation

Alessandro Inversini, Rogan Sage, Nigel Williams, Dimitrios Buhalis

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    Abstract

    Events often support social causes. In addition to altruistic reasons, this association may bring also commercial benefits. However, to date, it is not entirely clear the extent to which the event stakeholders engage in socially related discussions, making it difficult to evaluate the degree to which events act as a platform for social awareness. Using archived online narratives from Twitter.com, this study seeks to examine the extent to which event stakeholders engage in discussions of social causes. Results show that there is a scarce interest in socially motivated discussion by events attendees on social media.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationInformation and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2015
    Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the International Conference in Lugano, Switzerland, February 3 - 6, 2015
    EditorsIis Tussyadiah, Alessandro Inversini
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages283-294
    Number of pages12
    ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-14343-9
    ISBN (Print)978-3-319-14342-2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 6 Feb 2015
    EventInformation and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2015 - Lugano, Switzerland
    Duration: 3 Feb 20156 Feb 2015

    Conference

    ConferenceInformation and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2015
    Country/TerritorySwitzerland
    CityLugano
    Period3/02/156/02/15

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