Contributors from diverse backgrounds explore a range of issues in relation to the media and journalism's role in ascribing meaning to tourism practices. This fascinating account offers a thoroughly international and interdisciplinary perspective on an increasingly important field of journalism scholarship.

Contributors from diverse backgrounds explore a range of issues in relation to the media and journalism's role in ascribing meaning to tourism practices. This fascinating account offers a thoroughly international and interdisciplinary perspective on an increasingly important field of journalism scholarship.

1. On The Relevance Of Travel Journalism: An Introduction; Folker Hanusch and Elfriede Fursich PART I: MAPPING THE TERRAIN: STRATEGIES FOR STUDYING TRAVEL JOURNALISM 2. People on the Move: Travel Journalism, Globalization, and Mobility; Elfriede Fursich and Anandam P. Kavoori 3. Armchair Tourism: Travel Series as a Genre; Maja Sonne Damkjaer and Anne Marit Waade 4. Framing Tourism Destination Image: Extension of Stereotypes in and by Travel Media; Steve Pan and Cathy Hsu PART II: EXPLORING THE PRODUCERS: PROFESSIONAL EXPECTATIONS, ROUTINES AND MARKETS 5. Travel Journalism in Flux: New Practices in the Blogosphere; Bryan Pirolli 6. First-Person Singular: Teaching Travel Journalism in the Age of TripAdvisor; Andrew Duffy 7. Have Traveled, Will Write: User-Generated Content and New Travel Journalism; Usha Raman and Divya Choudary 8. Going with the Flow: Chinese Travel Journalism in Transition; Jiannu Bao PART III: DESTINATION UNKNOWN: CONTENT AND REPRESENTATIONS 9. Along Similar Lines: Does Travel Content Follow Foreign News Flows?; Folker Hanusch 10. 'Out there': Travel Journalism and the Negotiation of Cultural Difference; Ben Cocking 11. Authorizing Others: Portrayals Of Middle Eastern Destinations In Travel Media; Christine N. Buzinde, Eunice E. Yoo and C. Bjorn Peterson PART IV: (DARK) HISTORIES, SUSTAINABILITY, COSMOPOLITANISM: THE OLD AND NEW POLITICS OF TRAVEL JOURNALISM 12. Representations of Interconnectedness: A Cosmopolitan Framework for Analyzing Travel Journalism; Wiebke Schoon 13. Your Threat or Mine? How Travel Journalists Frame Environmental Problems; Lyn McGaurr 14. The Spectacle of Past Violence: Travel Journalism and Dark Tourism; Brian Creech