TY - JOUR
T1 - (Re)negotiating authenticity through virtual travel
T2 - a case study of Law of the Jungle, a Korean reality travel program
AU - Kim, Sohye
AU - Park, Sanghun
AU - Santos, Carla A.
AU - Shinew, Kimberly J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2018/3/24
Y1 - 2018/3/24
N2 - The current study investigates tourists’ discourse regarding authenticity in the postmodern tourism context by employing the intertwined concepts of authenticity and gaze to examine Law of the Jungle, a Korean reality travel program. Findings from our thematic content analysis of data suggest that the program provides viewers with a dual structure through which to view and negotiate the tourism setting of the show, and that the authenticity of the program is perceived from three main perspectives: objective, subjective, and postmodernist. Findings are contextualized within extant literature on authenticity, orientalism, the tourist gaze, and the second gaze.
AB - The current study investigates tourists’ discourse regarding authenticity in the postmodern tourism context by employing the intertwined concepts of authenticity and gaze to examine Law of the Jungle, a Korean reality travel program. Findings from our thematic content analysis of data suggest that the program provides viewers with a dual structure through which to view and negotiate the tourism setting of the show, and that the authenticity of the program is perceived from three main perspectives: objective, subjective, and postmodernist. Findings are contextualized within extant literature on authenticity, orientalism, the tourist gaze, and the second gaze.
KW - Authenticity
KW - Korean reality travel program
KW - postmodern
KW - tourist gaze
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U2 - 10.1080/10548408.2017.1318735
DO - 10.1080/10548408.2017.1318735
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85018440348
SN - 1054-8408
VL - 35
SP - 348
EP - 364
JO - Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing
JF - Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing
IS - 3
ER -