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The influence of user-generated content on social networking sites on choosing a travel destination for university students
No full textThe appearance of digital technologies has transformed the tourism industry, and user-generated content (UGC) has played a crucial role in this. UGC, characterised by people sharing their opinions and experiences online, serves as a critical source of information for tourism decision-making, changing market dynamics, and the relationship between customers and suppliers. Thus, the main objective of this dissertation is to investigate how the use of UGC sites may influence travel decisions among university students in Portugal and Spain. The author uses an online questionnaire based on a conceptual model created for this study to address this objective. The results of the questionnaire are analysed using Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA), identifying five main configurations, two of which explain high visit intention, and three of which – low visit intention of the researched group, and concerning the main factors: usage of UGC sites depending on the stage of the trip planning process, the importance of UGC for travel decisions, need for information, destination familiarity and planning complexity. In addition, although some results demonstrate that the factors used in the thesis may lead to high visit intention, the drivers of representatives from the target group towards UGC for travel decisions may differ, depending on students’ backgrounds and personal preferences. Therefore, the findings provide valuable insights for future research and tourism businesses. As for future research, it is advisable to obtain a more extensive and diverse sample, for example, encompassing more universities and student demographics, including more countries or considering comparing cultural differences between students. Finally, tourism businesses should recognise UGC’s impact and provide credible and informative content on UGC platforms because it can significantly impact tourists’ visit intention.O surgimento das tecnologias digitais transformou a indústria do turismo e o conteúdo gerado pelo utilizador (CGU) desempenhou um papel crucial nesse processo. O CGU, caracterizado por pessoas que partilham as suas opiniões e experiências online, serve como uma fonte crítica de informação para a tomada de decisões no turismo, alterando a dinâmica do mercado e a relação entre clientes e provedores. Assim, o principal objetivo desta dissertação é investigar de que forma a utilização de sites de CGU pode influenciar as decisões de viagem dos estudantes universitários em Portugal e Espanha. Para responder a este objetivo, o autor utiliza um questionário online baseado num modelo concetual criado especificamente para este estudo. Os resultados do questionário são processados através da análise qualitativa comparativa e aos conjuntos Fuzzy (fsQCA), identificando cinco configurações principais, duas das quais explicam a elevada intenção de visita, e três das quais – a baixa intenção de visita do grupo investigado, e relativamente aos principais factores: utilização de sítios de CGU dependendo da fase do processo de planeamento da viagem, a importância do CGU para as decisões de viagem, a necessidade de informação, a familiaridade com o destino e a complexidade do planeamento. Além disso, apesar de alguns resultados demonstrarem que os factores utilizados na dissertação podem levar a uma intenção de visita elevada, os motivos que levam os representantes do grupo-alvo a utilizar o CGU para tomar decisões de viagem podem ser diferentes, dependendo dos antecedentes e das preferências pessoais dos estudantes. Por isso, os resultados fornecem informações valiosas para futuras investigações e empresas de turismo. Em relação à investigação futura, é aconselhável obter uma amostra mais extensa e diversificada, por exemplo, incluindo mais universidades e dados demográficos dos estudantes, incluindo mais países ou considerando a comparação das diferenças culturais entre os estudantes. Por último, as empresas de turismo devem reconhecer o impacto do CGU e fornecer conteúdos credíveis e informativos nas plataformas de CGU, uma vez que podem afetar significativamente a intenção de visita dos turistas
The influence of user-generated content on social networking sites on choosing a travel destination for university students
No full textThe appearance of digital technologies has transformed the tourism industry, and user-generated content (UGC) has played a crucial role in this. UGC, characterised by people sharing their opinions and experiences online, serves as a critical source of information for tourism decision-making, changing market dynamics, and the relationship between customers and suppliers. Thus, the main objective of this dissertation is to investigate how the use of UGC sites may influence travel decisions among university students in Portugal and Spain. The author uses an online questionnaire based on a conceptual model created for this study to address this objective. The results of the questionnaire are analysed using Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA), identifying five main configurations, two of which explain high visit intention, and three of which – low visit intention of the researched group, and concerning the main factors: usage of UGC sites depending on the stage of the trip planning process, the importance of UGC for travel decisions, need for information, destination familiarity and planning complexity. In addition, although some results demonstrate that the factors used in the thesis may lead to high visit intention, the drivers of representatives from the target group towards UGC for travel decisions may differ, depending on students’ backgrounds and personal preferences. Therefore, the findings provide valuable insights for future research and tourism businesses. As for future research, it is advisable to obtain a more extensive and diverse sample, for example, encompassing more universities and student demographics, including more countries or considering comparing cultural differences between students. Finally, tourism businesses should recognise UGC’s impact and provide credible and informative content on UGC platforms because it can significantly impact tourists’ visit intention.O surgimento das tecnologias digitais transformou a indústria do turismo e o conteúdo gerado pelo utilizador (CGU) desempenhou um papel crucial nesse processo. O CGU, caracterizado por pessoas que partilham as suas opiniões e experiências online, serve como uma fonte crítica de informação para a tomada de decisões no turismo, alterando a dinâmica do mercado e a relação entre clientes e provedores. Assim, o principal objetivo desta dissertação é investigar de que forma a utilização de sites de CGU pode influenciar as decisões de viagem dos estudantes universitários em Portugal e Espanha. Para responder a este objetivo, o autor utiliza um questionário online baseado num modelo concetual criado especificamente para este estudo. Os resultados do questionário são processados através da análise qualitativa comparativa e aos conjuntos Fuzzy (fsQCA), identificando cinco configurações principais, duas das quais explicam a elevada intenção de visita, e três das quais – a baixa intenção de visita do grupo investigado, e relativamente aos principais factores: utilização de sítios de CGU dependendo da fase do processo de planeamento da viagem, a importância do CGU para as decisões de viagem, a necessidade de informação, a familiaridade com o destino e a complexidade do planeamento. Além disso, apesar de alguns resultados demonstrarem que os factores utilizados na dissertação podem levar a uma intenção de visita elevada, os motivos que levam os representantes do grupo-alvo a utilizar o CGU para tomar decisões de viagem podem ser diferentes, dependendo dos antecedentes e das preferências pessoais dos estudantes. Por isso, os resultados fornecem informações valiosas para futuras investigações e empresas de turismo. Em relação à investigação futura, é aconselhável obter uma amostra mais extensa e diversificada, por exemplo, incluindo mais universidades e dados demográficos dos estudantes, incluindo mais países ou considerando a comparação das diferenças culturais entre os estudantes. Por último, as empresas de turismo devem reconhecer o impacto do CGU e fornecer conteúdos credíveis e informativos nas plataformas de CGU, uma vez que podem afetar significativamente a intenção de visita dos turistas
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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