Authenticity: Understanding Misinformation Through the Study of Heritage Tourism - Couverture souple

Aspray, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 153817264X ISBN 13 : 9781538172643

Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2024

Synopsis

This book studies authenticity, which is a kind of truth to self, through the study of heritage tourism. When a heritage site is inauthentic, it leads to misinformation. Tourism scholars have been studying authenticity for about 50 years, and this book draws upon the theories and approaches of tourism studies to understand better misinformation, which has become a major topic of study since the US presidential elections in 2016. The book includes a discussion of common-sense and academic notions of authenticity, surveys a half century of scholarship on authenticity, and provides three case studies of heritage tourism sites: Lindsborg, KS (known as Little Sweden, USA), Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia, and the Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

William Aspray is Senior Research Fellow at the Charles Babbage Institute, a research center for the study of Computing, Information, and Culture at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, USA. He is author or editor of more than 25 books on the history of computing, mathematics, and information.

James W. Cortada is a Senior Research Fellow at the Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis, USA. He holds a Ph.D. in modern history and spent nearly 4 decades working at IBM in various sales, managerial, and research positions. His most recent books include Building Blocks of Society: History, Information Ecosystems, and Infrastructures (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021), with William Aspray, Authenticity: Understanding Misinformation Through the Study of Heritage Tourism (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022), Birth of Modern Facts: How the Information Revolution Transformed Academic Research. Governments, and Businesses (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023), and Today's Facts: Understanding the Current Evolution of Information (Rowman & Littlefield, 2025).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 153817264X
• ISBN 13: 9781538172643
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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