Abstract: Introduction: In the juncture of media convergence and tourism : towards a research agenda / Maria Månsson, Cecilia Cassinger, Lena Eskilsson & Annæ Buchmann -- Invited contribution : the Janus face of transmedia tourism : towards a logistical turn in media and tourism studies / André Jansson -- Invited contribution : mind the gap : interdisciplinary approaches to media and tourism / Anne Marit Waade -- Theme parks : where media and tourism converge / Sabrina Mittermeier -- Cinematic tourism in a time of media convergence : a spatial framework / Giulia Lavarone -- What do Melania Trump tourism and Dracula tourism have in common? 'Othering' in the Western media discourse / Maja Turnšek, Andreja Trdina & Barbara Pavlakovič -- Confronting the gaze, gripping the virtual : a cultural materialist perspective on cinema-tourism studies / Sofia Sampaio -- Promoting cultural heritage in a post-digital context : a speculative future for the online archive / Adriaan Odendaal & Karla Zavala -- Physical digital labour and the commoditisation of cultural sites : mediatising tourism through social mapping / Kathleen Kuehn & Michael Daubs -- Football tourism and the sounds of televised matches / Nicolai J. Graakjær & Rasmus Grøn -- Pop idols, mediatized places and identity-oriented performances of fans as domestic tourists in Japan / Yunuen Ysela Mandujano-Salazar -- Do you feel the warmth? The online destination image of Southeast Asia / Maria Criselda G. Badilla -- Tourism and popcorns : the role of feature films in branding and marketing destination New Zealand / Natàlia Ferrer-Roca -- Official destination websites : a place's showcase to the world / José Fernández-Cavia -- Doing as directed : analysing representations of travel in contemporary Bollywood cinema / Apoorva Nanjangud -- Representation of food and tourism in legacy media : rediscovering the roots / Francesc Fusté-Forné & Pere Masip -- Liminality and the stranger : understanding tourists and their landscapes through True Detective / Hazel Andrews & Les Roberts -- Co-creation constrained : exploring gazes of the destination on Instagram / Cecilia Cassinger & Åsa Thelander -- Representations of a green Ireland : a case study of global franchises Star Wars and Game of Thrones / Pat Brereton -- Representation of the UAE as a touristic destination in Nat Geo Abu Dhabi : an analytical study / Alyaa Anter -- Rewriting history, revitalizing heritage : heritage-based contents tourism in the Asia-Pacific region / Philip Seaton & Sue Beeton -- Challenges of film-induced tourism in Croatia : from Winnetou to Game of Thrones / Božo Skoko & Katarina Miličević -- Beaten tracks : belatedness and anti-tourism in guidebooks / Tim Hannigan -- Film tourism and a changing cultural landscape for New Zealand : the influence of Pavlova westerns / Warwick Frost & Jennifer Laing -- Tourists' place-making performances through music / Jörgen Eksell & Maria Månsson -- Tourists' filmic representations on YouTube : a case study analysis of two mediatised visits to the Mursi in Ethiopia / Tom Sintobin & Anke Tonnaer -- Star gazing : The nexus and disparity between the media, tourism and cultural heritage in Ireland / Áine Mc Adam -- Commemorating popular media heritage : from shrines of fandom to sites of memory / Christian Hviid Mortensen -- Media tourism, culinary cultures, and embodied fan experience : visiting Hannibal's Florence / Rebecca Williams -- Scene hunting for anime locations : Otaku tourism in the cool Japan / Antonio Loriguillo-López -- Behind-the-(museum)scenes : fan-curated exhibitions as tourist attractions / Philipp Dominik Keidl -- Creating sacred sites of pop culture in the Internet age : creative fandoms and the mediatization of sites / Kyungjae Jang & Takayoshi Yamamura -- I came, I saw, I selfied : travelling in the age of Instagram / Ana Oliveira Garner -- The mediatisation of Sherlock Holmes : autoethnographic observations on literary and film tourism / Annæ Buchmann -- Cultural intimacy of fans/travellers : popular culture and the politics of classification / Andreja Trdina, Barbara Pavlakovič & Maja Turnšek -- The role of stories in travel posts to social media / John Pearce & Gianna Moscardo -- Evaluating multiple portrayals of destination image : assessing, categorising and authenticating visuals on Facebook posted by national tourism organisations / Nicholas Wise -- The digital tourist bureau : challenges and opportunities when transferring to a digital value creation / Sara Leckner & Carl Magnus Olsson -- Tourist information search in the age of mediatization / Lena Eskilsson, Maria Månsson, Jan Henrik Nilsson & Malin Zillinger -- Towards sustainable nautical tourism - exploring transmedia storytelling / Fani Galatsopoulou & Clio Kenterelidou -- The nexus between tourism heritage attraction, media, and fashion / Kim Williams -- Online and on tour : the smartphone effect in transmedia contexts / Susan Carson & Mark Pennings -- Smartphone as the invisible backpack : the impact of smartphone on Chinese backpackers' mobility pattern / Jia Xie -- Afterword: Participatory placemakers : socio-spatial orderings along the nexus of tourism and media / Szilvia Gyimóthy.

Abstract: "The Routledge Companion to Media and Tourism provides a comprehensive overview of the research into the convergence of media and tourism and specifically investigates the concept of mediatized tourism. This companion offers a holistic look at the relationship between media and tourism by drawing from a global range of contributions by scholars from disciplines across the humanities and social sciences. The book is divided into five parts, covering diverse aspects of mediatization of tourism including place and space, representation, cultural production, and transmedia. It features a comprehensive theoretical introduction and an afterword by leading scholars in this emerging field, delving into the ways in which different forms of media content and consumption converge, and the consequential effects on tourism and tourists. The collection is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of tourism studies, cultural studies, and media and communication, as well as those with a particular interest in mediatization, convergence culture, and contemporary culture"--