International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research: Volume 5 Issue 4

Multi‐media research and the consumption of popular culture

Marylouise Caldwell, Paul Henry

The purpose of this editorial is to introduce six audio‐visual and written pieces that communicate research findings about contemporary popular culture.

Pursuing pleasure: consumer value in leisure travel

Cynthia M. Webster, Vanessa A. Rennie

Some consumption activities are inherently interesting, pleasurable, gratifying and potentially important to consumers' lives. The primary aim of this paper is to further…

Tourist photographs: signs of self

Russell Belk, Joyce Hsiu‐yen Yeh

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the reasons that tourists capture images of their trips on cameras or camcorders.

Quest for a story

Shelagh Ferguson

People arguably create “storied lives”; including constructing accounts of their leisure that become part of their personal and social identities. These stories are valuable and…

Mining the cypher: branding and breakdance

Linden Dalecki

This paper is a companion piece to the short documentary Breakin' Away. The paper aims to touch on Texas b‐boy culture and tourism, the hip‐hop industry at large, book publishing…

Music camp: experiential consumption in a guitar workshop setting

Seth R. Ellis

This paper and video aim to present findings of an investigation into the consumption of weeklong music camps for adults.

It all began with a kiss, or when packaging sells a country

Maria Kniazeva

This paper aims to: better understand the country of origin (COO) construct by adopting a lens of marketplace mythology; and develop a conceptual framework delineating the process…