Travel bloggers and the serious leisure perspective: Who do they think they are?

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dc.contributor.authorBates, Tonia
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeJohnson, Amanda (Kinesiology and Recreation Management) Bookman, Sonia (Sociology)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorVan Winkle, Christine (Kinesiology and Recreation Management)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-26T16:18:37Z
dc.date.available2014-08-26T16:18:37Z
dc.date.issued2014-08-26
dc.degree.disciplineKinesiology and Recreation Managementen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Web 2.0 environment has altered North American society immeasurably as producers and consumers have merged into one, the prosumer. This new type of individual is visible in the blogosphere, in particular when examining travel blogs. The creators of travel blogs spend a considerable amount of their leisure and work creating and maintaining these travelogues, but little research has queried them about these efforts. The online contributions travel bloggers make potentially places their leisure choices within the Serious Leisure Perspective (SLP), more specifically within the sub-category of serious leisure. By engaging travel bloggers through a qualitative based questionnaire about their travel blogs, this research identified motivations and benefits of blogging. Recommendations for further research about online pursuits and serious leisure are suggested and the ways prosumers are linked to and have formed relationships with the mainstream travel industry are discussed. This research provides insight into travel bloggers’ perceptions of their contributions to the Web 2.0 environment, to the Serious Leisure Perspective, and to the travel industry.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2014en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/23882
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjecttravel blogen_US
dc.subjectserious leisureen_US
dc.subjectWeb 2.0en_US
dc.subjecttourismen_US
dc.subjectprosumeren_US
dc.titleTravel bloggers and the serious leisure perspective: Who do they think they are?en_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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