Travel blogs on China as a destination image formation agent: A qualitative analysis using Leximancer

The Internet spreads tourism information around the world and specifically travel blogs function as an online version of word-of-mouth (eWOM). This research explored the role of blogs as a destination image formation agent for China's inbound tourism. Data were collected from 630 bloggers who wrote on two blog websites about their travels within China in 2011 and 2012. The bloggers on TravelBlog.org and TravelPod.com were mainly from English-speaking countries. Qualitative analysis using Leximancer software was applied and identified nine major textual themes and the relationships among these themes. In order of relative importance, the themes were place, Chinese, people, food, train, city, hotel, China, and students. The research indicated that international tourists tended to have positive images of China

Corrections in the century

This book introduces the ideas and practices characteristic of modern corrections that describe correctional ideology, professionalism, policy issues, and society's avowed goals for the correctional enterprise, a comprehensive overview of correctional practice, including the everyday operations of operational agencies, prisons, jails and the procedures of parole and probation and the development of personal skills applicable to the correction field

Corrections in the 21st century

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Corrections in the 21st century

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Corrections: In The 21st Century

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Corrections in 21 The Century

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