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The Art Of Artificial Intelligence Illusion: Exposing Digital Deception In The Hospitality Industry, Mohamed Youssef Helal, Mahmoud Ibraheam Saleh
The Art Of Artificial Intelligence Illusion: Exposing Digital Deception In The Hospitality Industry, Mohamed Youssef Helal, Mahmoud Ibraheam Saleh
Journal of Global Hospitality and Tourism
This study investigates how artificial intelligence (AI) tools influence deceptive digital practices within the hospitality industry. As AI capabilities such as chatbots and language models are increasingly used in the industry, their potential impact on deception warrants examination. A comprehensive review is conducted to analyze how hospitality businesses utilize AI tools and how this shapes deceptive behaviors online. Specifically, the review examines how AI-generated content may erode consumer trust and decision-making. It also explores the emerging use of machine learning to fabricate fake reviews and social media posts. As deception undermines trust in businesses and the industry, the effectiveness of …
Effect Of The Intensity Of Instagram Usage As A Social Media Tool On Conspicuous Consumption, Duygu Firat
Effect Of The Intensity Of Instagram Usage As A Social Media Tool On Conspicuous Consumption, Duygu Firat
Journal of Global Business Insights
As internet usage grew, social media sites proliferated, and consumers began to use them more frequently. On social media, people share their daily lives, but they also express what they want to symbolize. This sharing includes conspicuous buying or consumption, presenting both opportunities and challenges for organizations. Therefore, the aim of this research was to investigate how the intensity of Instagram’s usage as a social media platform affects conspicuous consumption. The data was gathered through a questionnaire administered to Instagram users (N = 230). Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) determined the effect of the intensity of Instagram’s …
A Study On Tourist Guides’ Use Of Social Media Platforms, Ozge Gudu Demirbulat
A Study On Tourist Guides’ Use Of Social Media Platforms, Ozge Gudu Demirbulat
University of South Florida (USF) M3 Publishing
In this research, which was carried out to determine how and for what purposes tourist guides use social media platforms; the Facebook and Instagram accounts of 42 active tourist guides registered with the Trabzon Regional Chamber of Tourist Guides, which was established in accordance with the Profession Law of Tourist Guide numbered 6326, were examined. In the research, it was determined what kind of posts the tourist guides make on their Facebook and Instagram accounts, to what extent they use the relevant platforms as a personal promotional element, and to promote the relevant platforms in the tourism sector. In order …
Social Media Marketing The African Door Of Return Experience In Badagry-Nigeria, Huseyin Arasli, Maryam Abdullahi, Tugrul Gunay
Social Media Marketing The African Door Of Return Experience In Badagry-Nigeria, Huseyin Arasli, Maryam Abdullahi, Tugrul Gunay
University of South Florida (USF) M3 Publishing
This study examines the role of social media in promoting the standard of return festivals and revisiting intentions in Badagry, Lagos, Nigeria. The festival, also known as the Door of Return festival, is a cultural event commemorating 400 years of African ancestors who were forcibly taken away as slaves and are now back to their mother land as queens and kings. The African ‘door of experience’, which took place in Lagos Nigeria is the 3rd door of return ceremony reflecting the significance of the slave trade activities that took place in the ancient town of Badagary. Data was collected in …
Marketing A Destination On Social Media: Case Of Three Municipalities Of Izmir, Huseyin O. Altin, Ige Pirnar
Marketing A Destination On Social Media: Case Of Three Municipalities Of Izmir, Huseyin O. Altin, Ige Pirnar
University of South Florida (USF) M3 Publishing
Social media, which emerged as a result of rapid developments in information and communication technologies, is known all over the world. Social media and Web 2.0 systems provide huge benefits to its users when compared with conventional media tools such as newspapers, televisions and radio. Destinations from all over the world utilize social media liberally to compete with each other to grab bigger market shares in an overly-saturated market. Aware of the benefits it provides, municipalities use social media for various reasons such as mass announcements, information dissemination and self-promotion. Within this context, main aim of this study is to …
Accelerated Modernity: What Are The Social Media Stories Undergraduate Students Engage With?, Pericles A. Rospigliosi, Sebastian Raza-Mejia
Accelerated Modernity: What Are The Social Media Stories Undergraduate Students Engage With?, Pericles A. Rospigliosi, Sebastian Raza-Mejia
University of South Florida (USF) M3 Publishing
This paper aims to show how current undergraduate students use social media in their daily lives, taking the first ten minutes of the day as a concentrated insight into their priorities of practice. The work draws on primary data from four focus groups of UK business students in higher education. Through the application of Rosa’s construct of social acceleration, initial findings indicate a hierarchy of priorities, shaped by economic, cultural and structural drivers in what social media is engaged with, in what sequence, and for what purpose. These choices reflect acceleration in the changes to the technology, the pace of …
Social Media Framework For Businesses, Nawel Amrouche
Social Media Framework For Businesses, Nawel Amrouche
University of South Florida (USF) M3 Publishing
Social media is gaining popularity and many studies are investigating the topic by providing contradictory conclusions about its effectiveness. To scrutinize this incongruence, we first differentiate social media from other communication tools and describe its challenges. Next, based on an extensive literature review collecting research papers from 2004 to 2016, we propose a structural framework explaining the role of managerial, individual, and contextual variables that affect the social media value chain. We find that social media has a controversial effect on businesses’ objectives depending on the context of studies. We also find that social media’s objectives could be classified into …
Youtube Advertising Value And Its Effects On Purchase Intention, Duygu Firat
Youtube Advertising Value And Its Effects On Purchase Intention, Duygu Firat
Journal of Global Business Insights
This study investigated the factors that affect the YouTube advertising value and its effect on purchasing intention. The data were gathered through a 52-item questionnaire administered to YouTube users (n = 420). Multiple regression analysis determined the effect of the factors on YouTube advertising value, and simple regression analysis determined the effect of its value on purchasing intention and ANOVA test was run to determine the differences of demographic groups via YouTube ads value. The findings indicated that informativeness and entertainment and trendiness had a positive effect on YouTube advertising value; however, irritation had a negative effect. In addition, …