Help or Hindrance? Media Uses and Discourses on Media in Outdoor Sport Tourism

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Title
Help or Hindrance? Media Uses and Discourses on Media in Outdoor Sport Tourism
Title of the book
Progress in French Tourism Geographies
Author(s)
Geffroy Valérian
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
ISSN
2366-5610
2366-5629
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2020
Editor
Stock Mathis
Pages
65-86
Language
english
Abstract
Dichotomies opposing the “virtual world” and “real life” persist in common discourses; they are frequent in outdoor sport tourism, where discursive, informational and digitally mediated practices might be viewed as hindering the experience and the contact with the environment. This chapter aims to understand such discursive oppositions among the participants, and to overcome them by documenting the integration of media practices in general within outdoor sport practices. Drawing on empirical work with travelling kayakers, paragliders and rock climbers, the chapter details wary and hostile views on media practices, then contrasts these views by showing how media practices aid or enable the coordination and communication of outdoor sport tourism activities.
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