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Back to Volume 6, Issue 1, table of contents<\/a><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">a<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><span style=\"color:#1b3fab\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Adoption of social media as distribution channels in tourism marketing: A qualitative analysis of consumers\u2019 experiences<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9348-992X\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" class=\"wp-image-4454\" style=\"width: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jthsm.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/orcid-1-e1603636867626.png\" alt=\"\"><\/a> <em><strong>Chryssoula Chatzigeorgiou<\/strong><em>,<\/em> International Hellenic University, Greece<\/em> &amp; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1950-5012\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" class=\"wp-image-4454\" style=\"width: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jthsm.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/orcid-1-e1603636867626.png\" alt=\"\"><\/a> <em><strong>Evangelos Christou<\/strong><em>,<\/em> International Hellenic University, Greece<\/em><br>Published online: 30 January 2020, JTHSM, 6(1), pp.25-32.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>URN:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nbn-resolving.org\/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-66267-7\" target=\"_blank\">urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-66267-7<\/a>, DOI:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.3603355\" target=\"_blank\">10.5281\/zenodo.3603355<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full-text download:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jthsm.gr\/vol6iss1\/6-1-4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jthsm.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/PDF_Download_Logo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-158\" width=\"47\" height=\"47\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jthsm.gr\/?page_id=2135\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jthsm.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/crossmark2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2066\" width=\"97\" height=\"20\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jthsm.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/crossmark2.png 470w, https:\/\/www.jthsm.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/crossmark2-300x62.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 97px) 100vw, 97px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Export reference:<\/strong><em><br><\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jthsm.gr\/?page_id=2806\" target=\"_blank\">BibTeX<\/a><span style=\"color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">,,<\/span><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jthsm.gr\/?page_id=2807\" target=\"_blank\">DataCite<\/a><span style=\"color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">,,<\/span><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jthsm.gr\/?page_id=2808\" target=\"_blank\">Endnote<\/a><span style=\"color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">,,<\/span><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mendeley.com\/import\/?url=https:\/\/zenodo.org\/record\/3603355\" target=\"_blank\">Mendeley<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cite as:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chatzigeorgiou, C., &amp; 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(2020). Adoption of social media as distribution channels in tourism marketing: A qualitative analysis of consumers\\\u2019 experiences.&nbsp;<em>Journal of Tourism, Heritage &amp; Services Marketing, 6<\/em>(1), 25\u201332. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.3603355<\/p>\n\n\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/cdn.plu.mx\/widget-popup.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plu.mx\/plum\/a\/?ssrn_id=3747963\" data-popup=\"right\" data-badge=\"true\" class=\"plumx-plum-print-popup plum-bigben-theme\" data-site=\"plum\" data-hide-when-empty=\"true\">Adoption of Social Media As Distribution Channels in Tourism Marketing: A Qualitative Analysis of Consumers\u2019 Experiences<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Purpose: <\/em><\/strong><em>The study reported in this paper explores consumers\u2019 experiences with technology-assisted <\/em><em>social media service encounters by investigating the applicability of Mick and Fournier\u2019s paradoxes of technology adoption to the social media as distribution channel in tourism scenario<\/em><em>. This industry sector was selected because online technological innovations have significantly changed how tourism organisations like hotels and airlines deliver their services.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Methods: <\/em><\/strong><em>In-depth interviews were conducted to explore consumers\u2019 experiences when using social media distribution services and the results were compared to those of Mick and Fournier<\/em><em>. A sample of 36 Facebook users was selected as informants who currently use social media for online travel purchases, via a snowballing technique.<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Results:<\/em><\/strong><em>&nbsp;The findings are similar to those of Mick and Fournier, suggesting that when consumers adopt online technology like social media, they can simultaneously develop positive and negative attitudes. The findings of this study also suggest that the nature of some of the paradoxes experienced by consumers may depend on the industry (tourism in this study) and the technology (social media in this study) being investigated.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Implications: <\/em><\/strong><em>Findings indicate that when consumers use social media technology-assisted service encounters for hotels\u2019 and airlines\u2019 services they are most likely to experience control\/chaos, freedom\/enslavement, competence\/incompetence, efficiency\/ inefficiency, engaging\/disengaging, assimilation\/isolation paradoxes and least likely to experience the new\/obsolete paradox.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keywords: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adoption of technological innovations, social media, distribution channels,<br>consumer attitudes, tourism marketing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>JEL Classification:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L83, M1, O14, Z33<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jthsm.gr\/?page_id=787\">&lt; Previous article in Vol. 6, Iss. 1<\/a><span class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">aaaaaaaaaaa<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jthsm.gr\/?page_id=800\">Next article in Vol. 6, Iss. 1 &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">a<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt; Back to Volume 6, Issue 1, table of contents a Adoption of social media as distribution channels in tourism marketing: A qualitative analysis of consumers\u2019 experiences Chryssoula Chatzigeorgiou, International Hellenic University, Greece &amp; Evangelos Christou, International Hellenic University, GreecePublished online: 30 January 2020, JTHSM, 6(1), pp.25-32. 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