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Travel Journalism
Exploring Production, Impact and Culture
Edited by
Folker Hanusch
Queensland University of Technology, Australia
and
Elfriede Fürsich
Boston College, USA
Introduction, selection and editorial matter © Folker Hanusch and
Elfriede Fürsich 2014
Individual chapters © Contributors 2014
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Travel journalism : exploring production, impact and culture / [editors] Folker
Hanusch, Queensland University of Technology, Australia ; Elfriede Fürsich,
Boston College, USA.
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1. Travel journalism. 2. Travel journalism—Study and teaching. I. Hanusch,
Folker, 1975– editor. II. Fürsich, Elfriede, 1967– editori.
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Contents
List of Figures and Tables vii
Acknowledgments viii
Notes on Contributors x
1 On the Relevance of Travel Journalism: An Introduction 1
Folker Hanusch and Elfriede Fürsich
Part I M apping the Terrain: Strategies for
Studying Travel Journalism 19
2 People on the Move: Travel Journalism,
Globalization and Mobility 21
Elfriede Fürsich and Anandam P. Kavoori
3 Armchair Tourism : The Travel Series as a Hybrid Genre 39
Maja Sonne Damkjaer and Anne Marit Waade
4 Framing Tourism Destination Image: Extension of
Stereotypes in and by Travel Media 60
Steve Pan and Cathy H. C. Hsu
Part II E xploring the Producers: Professional
Expectations, Routines and Markets 81
5 Travel Journalism in Flux: New Practices in the Blogosphere 83
Bryan Pirolli
6 First-Person Singular: Teaching Travel Journalism in
the Age of TripAdvisor 99
Andrew Duffy
7 Have Traveled, Will Write: User-Generated Content and
New Travel Journalism 116
Usha Raman and Divya Choudary
8 Going with the Flow: Chinese Travel Journalism
in Transition 134
Jiannu Bao
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Part III D estination Unknown: Content and
Representations 153
9 Along Similar Lines: Does Travel Content Follow
Foreign News Flows? 155
Folker Hanusch
10 ‘Out there’: Travel Journalism and the Negotiation
of Cultural Difference 176
Ben Cocking
11 Authorizing Others: Portrayals of Middle Eastern
Destinations in Travel Media 193
Christine N. Buzinde, Eunice Eunjung Yoo and
C. Bjørn Peterson
Part IV ( Dark) Histories, Sustainability, Cosmopolitanism:
The Old and New Politics of Travel Journalism 211
12 Representations of Interconnectedness: A Cosmopolitan
Framework for Analyzing Travel Journalism 213
Wiebke Schoon
13 Your Threat or Mine? Travel Journalists and
Environmental Problems 231
Lyn McGaurr
14 The Spectacle of Past Violence: Travel Journalism
and Dark Tourism 249
Brian Creech
Name Index 267
Subject Index 271
List of Figures and Tables
Figures
3.1 Travel series 40
3.2 Travel series sub-genres 48
4.1 Perceptual map of media image dimensions and destinations 73
4.2 Destinations’ travel media images on physical map 74
Tables
3.1 Results of coding and analysis: travel series aired on DR1,
DR2, TV2, TV2 Zulu, TV2 Charlie, and TV3, 1988–2005 50
3.2 Distribution of the travel series types aired on DR1, DR2,
TV2, TV2 Zulu, TV2 Charlie and TV3, 1988–2005 52
4.1 Distribution of terms denoting perceived destination image 69
4.2 Results of correspondence analysis 70
4.3 Variety and quantity of travel magazines reports 76
8.1 Development of travel journalism in China, 1978–2012 143
9.1 Coverage of world regi ons by country (in per cent) 162
9.2 Top 10 destinations overall 165
9.3 Top 10 story and tourism by country 166
12.1 Conceptual framework to systematize journalistic content
that transcends the one-dimensional national context 223
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Acknowledgments
‘In your face’: Our book cover shows the production of one of the most
typical visuals of tourist encounters, the close-up of an ‘exotic’ person.
While we all have seen these types of photos in travel magazines, on
this cover we experience the awkwardness and maybe absurdity of the
encounter between photographer and ‘model’. But it was especially
the expression of the man that made us pause. A member of the Huli
tribe in Papua New Guinea, he is part of a cultural performance staged
for tourists. His expression is puzzling: proud, resigned, bewildered or
even defiant. In one split second we see the complexity of the host
and tourist/journalist interaction. The moment raises questions about
authenticity, power, gender and technology that confound contem-
porary tourism and the work of travel journalists. It was exactly this
complexity that triggered our interest in the topic of travel journalism.
This book brings an end to a journey that took shape almost three
years ago, when we first discussed the slowly growing amount of travel
journalism scholarship. Having both completed major projects on the
topic, at times we had been frustrated with the fact that there was little
academic work engaging with what we saw as an increasingly impor-
tant area. Yet recent publications had given us hope that the field was
approaching a critical mass. The idea was thus born to take stock of
where we were, and to explore the way forward. The response to our
ideas was tremendous, with a number of emerging and established
scholars accepting our invitation to contribute chapters. We would like
to thank them all for their dedication to this project, the insights they
shared with us and their openness to our feedback.
We would also like to thank Palgrave Macmillan’s commissioning
editor, Felicity Plester, who took up our idea with much enthusiasm.
She was a great supporter of the project from the moment we proposed
it. We also appreciate the thorough work of the editing and produc-
tion team at Palgrave Macmillan, especially Chris Penfold who expertly
guided the book through the preparation and production phases. The
two external reviewers also provided much-appreciated comments.
In addition, Folker would like to thank the University of the Sunshine
Coast, which funded a number of his earlier projects on travel journal-
ism, thus enabling him to explore a field that captivated him ever since
working as a travel agent after high school. Thanks are also due to the
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many colleagues who gave him feedback on his work as reviewers of
journal submissions and at conferences. Finally, Folker owes gratitude
to his wife Stephanie, for providing the original inspiration to conduct
studies in this area. After he had been investigating news representations
of death for a number of years, it was she who urged him to explore
something a bit more positive and ‘fun’, like travel journalism. He is
glad he took up the challenge.
Elfriede would like to thank John Hartley, the editor of International
Journal of Cultural Studies, who published her first article on travel jour-
nalism. She is also indebted to her student assistants at Boston College
who helped with the research over the years. Moreover, the continued
support of Boston College and current and former colleagues at the
Communication Department, in particular chair Lisa Cuklanz, has been
instrumental. Her husband CB Bhattacharya always seems to be plan-
ning a trip to somewhere and keeps the family going with his question
‘Where should we go next?’ Her gratitude goes to him and their son
Felix. Both will always be her favorite travel companions.
Much work remains to be done in the ongoing development of the
field of travel journalism, particularly as the practice and profession
grows further around the globe. We hope that this volume provides a
helpful update on the state of the field, generating ideas and inspiration
for future work.
