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The Psychosocial Reality of Digital Travel
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Bern: Springer Nature; Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
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Abstract
- This open access book takes a fresh look at the nature of the digital travel experience, at a time when more and more people are engaged in online social interaction, games, and other virtual experiences essentially involving online visits to other places. It examines whether these experiences can seem real to the virtual traveller and, if so, under what conditions and on what grounds. The book unpacks philosophical theories relevant to the feeling of being somewhere, emphasising the importance of perception and being-in-the-world. Notions of place are outlined, based on work in tourism studies, human geography, and other applied social fields, with an aim to investigate how and when different experiences of place arise for the traveller and how these relate to telepresence – the sense of being there in another place through digital media. Findings from recent empirical studies of digital travel are presented, including a survey from which the characteristics of “digital travellers” are identified. A review of selected interactive design trends and possibilities leads to the conclusion, which draws these strands together and looks to the future of this topical and expanding field.
- Subjects :
- open access
Telepresence
virtual travel
interaction design
HCI
psychosocial studies
cyber psychology
Social Interaction in Virtual Environments
Computer-Mediated Environments
digital environments
interactive behaviour
digital tourism
bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology
bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology::JMS The self, ego, identity, personality
bic Book Industry Communication::U Computing & information technology::UY Computer science::UYQ Artificial intelligence::UYQV Computer vision
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- Language :
- English
- ISBN :
- 978-3-030-91272-7
3-030-91272-8 - ISBNs :
- 9783030912727 and 3030912728
- Database :
- OAPEN Library
- Notes :
- ONIX_20211213_9783030912727_16, , https://link.springer.com/978-3-030-91272-7
- Publication Type :
- eBook
- Accession number :
- edsoap.20.500.12657.51933
- Document Type :
- book
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91272-7