The sharing economy and digital discrimination: The case of Airbnb
Digital discrimination has become a buzz word following the recent reports of racial and other discrimination associated with Airbnb. This issue is perceived to pose serious concerns with the rapid growth of the sharing economy. This research derives insights into digital discrimination through the...
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| author | Cheng, Mingming Foley, C. |
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| description | Digital discrimination has become a buzz word following the recent reports of racial and other discrimination associated with Airbnb. This issue is perceived to pose serious concerns with the rapid growth of the sharing economy. This research derives insights into digital discrimination through the lens of a series of online newspaper comments made in response to an article reporting Airbnb's new anti-discrimination policy. The data were analysed by using text-mining and co-stakeholder analysis. The visualized network and each stakeholder's surrounding discourse reveal that digital discrimination contains multiple layers and meaning constructions. This paper provides a starting point for tourism and hospitality researchers to contribute to the thinking around the digital discrimination with the rapid growth of the sharing economy. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-745932019-07-31T06:30:23Z The sharing economy and digital discrimination: The case of Airbnb Cheng, Mingming Foley, C. Digital discrimination has become a buzz word following the recent reports of racial and other discrimination associated with Airbnb. This issue is perceived to pose serious concerns with the rapid growth of the sharing economy. This research derives insights into digital discrimination through the lens of a series of online newspaper comments made in response to an article reporting Airbnb's new anti-discrimination policy. The data were analysed by using text-mining and co-stakeholder analysis. The visualized network and each stakeholder's surrounding discourse reveal that digital discrimination contains multiple layers and meaning constructions. This paper provides a starting point for tourism and hospitality researchers to contribute to the thinking around the digital discrimination with the rapid growth of the sharing economy. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74593 10.1016/j.ijhm.2017.11.002 Pergamon restricted |
| spellingShingle | Cheng, Mingming Foley, C. The sharing economy and digital discrimination: The case of Airbnb |
| title | The sharing economy and digital discrimination: The case of Airbnb |
| title_full | The sharing economy and digital discrimination: The case of Airbnb |
| title_fullStr | The sharing economy and digital discrimination: The case of Airbnb |
| title_full_unstemmed | The sharing economy and digital discrimination: The case of Airbnb |
| title_short | The sharing economy and digital discrimination: The case of Airbnb |
| title_sort | sharing economy and digital discrimination: the case of airbnb |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74593 |