Social Behavior and Self-presentation of Tourist Users in Social Networking Platform: A Case Study of the Virtual Community on Mafengwo.com

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10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_309How to use a DOI?

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Social behavior; Self-presentation; Tourist Users; Virtual community; Mafengwo.com; Goffman’s Dramaturgical Theory

Abstract

The rapid development of Internet technology promotes the diversified functions of social networking platforms, and virtual community is one of them. Meanwhile, it seems that travelling has become a part of people’s lives, and no matter whether adolescents or the old may play the role of tourist or potential tourist. These are gradually changing people’s life and social behavior. So, this study takes Mafengwo.com, a popular social network related to tourism in China, as an example, using Goffman’s Dramaturgical Theory and some other related concepts based on the Dramaturgical Theory developed by other scholars to explore the contemporary virtual situation online. The study has led to the ways and characteristics of social behaviors and self-presentation of users act as tourists by analyzing users’ comments, pictures, videos, homepages, and so on. Besides, some advantages and disadvantages have been found as well, which might help users in the role of “audience” rationally receive the information provided by “performers” and promote social platforms and “performers” to realize the importance of playing a positive role in interpersonal interaction and spread positive values.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Chenge Wang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/29
TI  - Social Behavior and Self-presentation of Tourist Users in Social Networking Platform: A Case Study of the Virtual Community on Mafengwo.com
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 6th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 2639
EP  - 2647
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_309
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_309
ID  - Wang2022
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