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Network Science and e-Tourism

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This chapter provides an introduction to network science and its applications within e-tourism research. In the first part, an overview of network science as a continuously growing scientific field is given. Network science provides various concepts and methods for the analysis of the structure and dynamics of all kinds of networks such as social networks, information networks, and economic networks. Afterward, popular software and tools to model, analyze, and visualize network data are briefly discussed. In the third part, an overview of research in e-tourism that utilized network science methods is provided. In existing studies, different types of networks were constructed and analyzed, in particular networks of travelers, networks of tourism websites, networks capturing behavioral patterns of travelers, or text networks of travel-related posts. Furthermore, it is briefly discussed, which data sources are typically used in the literature. Finally, the main points are summarized and conclusions are drawn.

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  1. Research Unit E-Commerce, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria

    Julia Neidhardt

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  1. Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA

    Zheng Xiang

  2. Department of Tourism Studies and Geography, Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden

    Matthias Fuchs

  3. Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Ulrike Gretzel

  4. Department of Business Informatics, University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten, Weingarten, Germany

    Wolfram Höpken

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  1. Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, Center for Public Relations, University of Southern California, Watt Way 3502, 90089, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Ulrike Gretzel

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Neidhardt, J. (2022). Network Science and e-Tourism. In: Xiang, Z., Fuchs, M., Gretzel, U., Höpken, W. (eds) Handbook of e-Tourism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05324-6_33-1

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