Within the third section of the book, which highlights nature-based tourism, specific chapters include:
Chapter 23: Using Social Media to Examine Ambassadorship in Tourism by Alix Varnajot (University of Oulu).
Chapter 24: Virtual Meeting Spaces and Sustainable Arctic Communities by Brooks A. Kaiser (University of Southern Denmark), Chris Horbel (Norwegian School of Sport Sciences), Patrick T. Maher (Nipissing University), and Susan Seubert (Independent Researchers/Photographer).
Chapter 25: The Absence of Everydayness in Social Media Images from Hiking Trips by Elina Hutton (University of Lapland) and Outi Rantala (University of Lapland).
Chapter 26: Digital Tools and New Technologies: Opportunities or Threats to Participatory Sport Events? by Aage Radmann (Norwegian School of Sport Sciences), Daniel Svensson (Malmö University), and Susanna Hedenborg (Malmö University).
Chapter 28: Reflections on the Impact of the Digital Shift in Nature-Based Adventure Tourism: Connected Disconnections in the Arctic by Axel Rosenberg (Norwegian School of Sport Sciences).
The Foreword is written by Anne Hardy (University of Tasmania), who is also a member of the UArctic Thematic Network of Northern Tourism.
This publication is the first to explore the numerous ways in which mobile technologies and social media are influencing our outdoor experiences. Drawing on cutting-edge research by leading scholars from around the world the book explains how digital technology and media are no longer separate from typical human and social activity. Instead, the broader field of outdoor studies (including education, recreation, tourism and leisure) can be viewed as a world of intertwined socio-technical assemblages that need to be understood in more diverse ways.
Many of the additional 33 chapters may also be of interest and relevant to the Arctic.
For more information: Routledge Handbook of Mobile Technology, Social Media and the Outdoors. Edited By Simon Kennedy Beames, Patrick T. Maher.