The billionaire space race: Internet memes and the netizen response to space tourism

This study examined netizen attitudes toward space tourism. A content analysis was performed on 260 memes collected in response to the first tourist-focused suborbital spaceflight of Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin. While findings indicate a variety of perspectives toward both historic moments for t...

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Main Author: Joshua D. Bernstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-05-01
Series:Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666957924000041