Understanding followers' processing and perceptions of social media influencer destination marketing: Differences between# Millennials and# GenZs

YX Ong, T Sun, N Ito - Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Social media influencer (SMI) marketing implemented by tourism and destination managers
has attracted widespread academic attention in recent years. Efforts have been made to …

How influencers' social media posts have an influence on audience engagement among young consumers

F Fan, K Chan, Y Wang, Y Li, M Prieler - Young Consumers, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Online influencers are increasingly used by brands around the globe to establish
brand communication. This study aims to investigate the characteristics of social media …

What does the audience care? The effects of travel vlog information quality on travel intention

X Zhou, JWC Wong, D Xie, R Liang… - … Quality Management & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Although travel vlogs have recently been adopted as digital marketing tools to promote
tourist spots, relatively little is known about which attributes of travel vlogs and how these …

Exploring the intermediary effects of TikTok on Generation Z's visit intention

SF Fong, YX Ong, R Ating… - Journal of Vacation …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Short video applications, specifically TikTok, have been widely used in the tourism industry
to engage audiences during COVID-19 and the post-pandemic era. However, there is …

You recommend, I trust: The interactive self-presentation strategies for social media influencers to build authenticity perception in short video scenes

N Zhang, C Ruan, X Wang - Information Systems Frontiers, 2024 - Springer
Short video represents a novel form of social media with rich vividness and sociability,
facilitating social media influencers'(SMIs) self-presentations and endorsements. While SMIs …

The art of artificial intelligence illusion: Exposing digital deception in the hospitality industry

MY Helal, MI Saleh - Journal of Global Hospitality and …, 2024 - digitalcommons.usf.edu
This study investigates how artificial intelligence (AI) tools influence deceptive digital
practices within the hospitality industry. As AI capabilities such as chatbots and language …

Why do social media users follow tourism-related posts? Roles of bloggers and posts in trip planning

Z Zhou, T Li, C Liu, Y Zhou, P Li, S Wen - Industrial Management & …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose More people share their tourism experiences on social media today than in the
past, and as a result, more people follow these posts in their trip planning. However, studies …

Unveiling the Impact of Influencer Attributes on Purchase Intention of Gen Z: The Moderating Role of Parasocial Interaction

E Babu, NM Joseph… - Global Business Review, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This study investigates the impact of social media influencer attributes, namely source
credibility, social presence and influencer inspiration on the purchase intention of Gen Z …

[HTML][HTML] Expanding knowledge on emotional dynamics and viewer engagement: The role of travel influencers on youtube

JJ Yoo, H Kim, S Choi - Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates how the discrete emotions expressed by travel influencers on
YouTube influence viewer engagement, distinguishing between macro-and micro …

The Role of Mass Media as a Communications Distributor for Tourism Villages in Indonesia

PC Resmi, JJOI Ihalauw, DR Susanto… - International Visual …, 2024 - Springer
The management of tourist villages is not far from the touch of stakeholders in a tourism area
regarding the pentahelix component ie: academia, business, community, government, and …