Subjective well-being, mobile social media and the enjoyment of tourism experience: a broaden-and-build perspective. Issue 10 (3rd October 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chen, Ye; Lin, Zhibin; Filieri, Raffaele; Liu, Ran
• Is Part Of: Asia Pacific journal of tourism research. Volume 26:Issue 10(2021)
• Page Start: 1070
• Page End: 1080
• Publication Date: 2021-10-03
• Subjects: Subjective well-being -- mobile social media -- broaden-and-build theory -- ‌digitalized experience -- tourism experience; Tourism -- Asia -- Periodicals; Tourism -- Pacific Area -- Periodicals; 338.4791504429
• DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2021.1952285
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1094-1665

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Drawing on the broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions, this study treats tourist pre-existing subjective well-being as an antecedent to the use of mobile social media (MSM) for sharing tourism experiences. The study further examines how the sharing influences tourism experience. Data were collected from a sample of 1084 consumers who have experience of using MSM for sharing tourism experiences. The results show that subjective well-being has a positive effect on sharing tourism experience on MSM, which further leads to the enjoyment of the digitalized tourism experience. The study provides important implications for tourism research and practice.