Pre-trip tourism information search by smartphones and use of alternative information channels: A conceptual model
This study developed a comprehensive model of how smartphone users search for pre-trip tourism information. Important dimensions and relationships in tourism information search (TIS) behavior were studied in 21 subjects. The data collection process included semi-structured in-depth interviewing data...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Taylor & Francis Group
2016-12-01
|
| Series: | Cogent Social Sciences |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2015.1136100 |
| _version_ | 1818614625640382464 |
|---|---|
| author | Chaang-Iuan Ho Yu-Chun Lin Yu-Lan Yuan Ming-Chih Chen |
| author_facet | Chaang-Iuan Ho Yu-Chun Lin Yu-Lan Yuan Ming-Chih Chen |
| author_sort | Chaang-Iuan Ho |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | This study developed a comprehensive model of how smartphone users search for pre-trip tourism information. Important dimensions and relationships in tourism information search (TIS) behavior were studied in 21 subjects. The data collection process included semi-structured in-depth interviewing data and field observation data. The analysis revealed 10 activities characteristic of TIS behavior: internal searches, mobile searches, saving information in the smartphones, preliminary collaborative TIS, barriers to TIS, bringing mobile search to an end, summarizing information, PC Internet search, advanced collaborative TIS, and searches via editorial communications. Such data collection was not performed in isolation. Further, 20 propositions have been developed for future testing. The results suggest that pre-trip TIS appears to consist in a diversity of search patterns with the usage of multiple information sources; in addition, it is no longer individual but collaborative behavior in the context of Web 2.0. Finally, the theoretical and practical implications of the research work are discussed, and directions for future work are suggested. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-16T16:20:59Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-d3ce98783c8f4a5d832d4800f739c30c |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2331-1886 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-16T16:20:59Z |
| publishDate | 2016-12-01 |
| publisher | Taylor & Francis Group |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Cogent Social Sciences |
| spelling | doaj.art-d3ce98783c8f4a5d832d4800f739c30c2022-12-21T22:24:55ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Social Sciences2331-18862016-12-012110.1080/23311886.2015.11361001136100Pre-trip tourism information search by smartphones and use of alternative information channels: A conceptual modelChaang-Iuan Ho0Yu-Chun Lin1Yu-Lan Yuan2Ming-Chih Chen3Chaoyang University of TechnologyHong Hwa International Co. Ltd.JinWen University of Science and TechnologyFu Jen Catholic UniversityThis study developed a comprehensive model of how smartphone users search for pre-trip tourism information. Important dimensions and relationships in tourism information search (TIS) behavior were studied in 21 subjects. The data collection process included semi-structured in-depth interviewing data and field observation data. The analysis revealed 10 activities characteristic of TIS behavior: internal searches, mobile searches, saving information in the smartphones, preliminary collaborative TIS, barriers to TIS, bringing mobile search to an end, summarizing information, PC Internet search, advanced collaborative TIS, and searches via editorial communications. Such data collection was not performed in isolation. Further, 20 propositions have been developed for future testing. The results suggest that pre-trip TIS appears to consist in a diversity of search patterns with the usage of multiple information sources; in addition, it is no longer individual but collaborative behavior in the context of Web 2.0. Finally, the theoretical and practical implications of the research work are discussed, and directions for future work are suggested.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2015.1136100mobile-based tourism information searchtourism information search behaviortourism information search process modelsmartphone users |
| spellingShingle | Chaang-Iuan Ho Yu-Chun Lin Yu-Lan Yuan Ming-Chih Chen Pre-trip tourism information search by smartphones and use of alternative information channels: A conceptual model Cogent Social Sciences mobile-based tourism information search tourism information search behavior tourism information search process model smartphone users |
| title | Pre-trip tourism information search by smartphones and use of alternative information channels: A conceptual model |
| title_full | Pre-trip tourism information search by smartphones and use of alternative information channels: A conceptual model |
| title_fullStr | Pre-trip tourism information search by smartphones and use of alternative information channels: A conceptual model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pre-trip tourism information search by smartphones and use of alternative information channels: A conceptual model |
| title_short | Pre-trip tourism information search by smartphones and use of alternative information channels: A conceptual model |
| title_sort | pre trip tourism information search by smartphones and use of alternative information channels a conceptual model |
| topic | mobile-based tourism information search tourism information search behavior tourism information search process model smartphone users |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2015.1136100 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT chaangiuanho pretriptourisminformationsearchbysmartphonesanduseofalternativeinformationchannelsaconceptualmodel AT yuchunlin pretriptourisminformationsearchbysmartphonesanduseofalternativeinformationchannelsaconceptualmodel AT yulanyuan pretriptourisminformationsearchbysmartphonesanduseofalternativeinformationchannelsaconceptualmodel AT mingchihchen pretriptourisminformationsearchbysmartphonesanduseofalternativeinformationchannelsaconceptualmodel |