...Almudena Otegui Carles; José Antonio Fraiz Brea; Noelia Araújo Vila Purpose The purpose of this article is to capture what the concept of sustainable events means for different stakeholders, what they think and express in social media about sustainable events, and so be able to take...

...Christine Van Winkle; Shawn Corrigan Purpose The purpose of the study was to explore multidirectional flows of information over the course of an emergency. The following research questions were designed to guide this study: How does social media communication unfold over the course of an emergency...

... A mixed method approach was utilized to achieve data triangulation through a content analysis of websites, content analysis of social media sites as well as interviews. Findings Findings indicated that 64% of festivals did not communicate any sustainable practices through their websites and only 6...

...Maria Gorete Dinis; Celeste Eusébio; Zélia Breda Purpose This paper aims to present a framework to analyse whether information published on social media is accessible for people with disabilities (PwD), namely, visual and hearing disabilities, with an application to a music festival. Design...

...Lluís Garay; Soledad Morales Pérez Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the analysis of the potential contribution of festivals in generating a destination image through social media (particularly Twitter). Design/methodology/approach This study follows a multi-method approach...

... their real-time festival experience, with their on-line Facebook social network during the year. New Zealand Social media Asia-Pacific Music festival Participant value In the case of annual music festivals, social media channels encourage frequent, regular on-line engagement, user-generated...

... to illustrate and define the nature of a festival related social network can be a visually arresting contribution to a piece of research about festivals’ networks. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Social media Tourism Social network analysis Festivals Edinburgh This conceptual...

...Leonie Lockstone, Martin Robertson, Olga Junek; Simon Hudson; Rupert Hudson Purpose – Social media has fundamentally changed the consumer decision process, and in the last decade a more nuanced view of how consumers engage with brands has emerged. Instead of the traditional purchase funnel...