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Lv, Xingyang, Luo, Haohan, Xu, Shuangyu, Sun, Jiaojiao, Lu, Ruihua and Hu, Yubei (2022) Dark tourism spectrum : visual expression of dark experience. Tourism Management, 93 . 104580. doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2022.104580 ISSN 0261-5177.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2022.104580
Abstract
Dark-light spectrum was used to express the depth of dark experience in dark tourism. Based on embodied cognition theory, this paper examined the visual expression of tourists' dark tourism experience. Five consecutive studies were conducted including analysis of tourists' photos in online reviews of 53 dark tourism destinations worldwide, charcoal pencil painting tasks of selected dark tourism sites in lab experiments, and field experiment. Results showed that tourists with darker experience tend to use deeper visual darkness to express their feelings, in the forms of painting and photographs, even when the cognitive process (i.e., expression in the form of words) is omitted. This psychological mechanism explains the scientific principle behind dark tourism spectrum. Our research suggests a new way of interpretation of tourist image data (e.g., photos) and sheds light for effective management of tourist experience.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Dark tourism, Dark tourism -- Psychological aspects, Light and darkness | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Tourism Management | ||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier BV | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0261-5177 | ||||||||
Official Date: | December 2022 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 93 | ||||||||
Article Number: | 104580 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.tourman.2022.104580 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 12 July 2022 | ||||||||
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