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Conflicting discursive representations of overtourism in Lisbon in the Portuguese digital press

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dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Filipa Perdigão
dc.contributor.authorTorkington, Kate
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-13T15:35:57Z
dc.date.available2023-02-13T15:35:57Z
dc.date.issued2022-12
dc.description.abstractPurposeThis study aims to explore the ways in which Portuguese online news reports and opinion studies have framed the discussion about overtourism in Lisbon and its impacts on the city and its inhabitants. Design/methodology/approachDrawing on critical discourse analysis applied to media texts, this paper discusses the discursive representations of overtourism by focusing on how an emerging new discourse which constructs tourism as problematic began to challenge the established discourse - in which tourism is perceived as beneficial. FindingsAs a consequence, and to maintain the status quo, many media texts deploy strong legitimating strategies focusing on the benefits of tourism growth. These are juxtaposed with de-legitimating strategies which serve to deny problems of overtourism. Findings highlight the role the media play in shaping tourism discursively and uncover the complexities of discourses on the effects of (over)tourism and the ways in which they are constructed, disseminated and discussed. Social implicationsThis research is particularly relevant when newspaper opinion articles from 2021 voice the Portuguese Government's concern in bringing back to Portugal the pre-pandemic tourist numbers as soon as possible. Originality/valueThis study attempts to reveal the conflicting interests and imbalances of power among different tourism stakeholders by taking a qualitative, critical approach to the analysis of media discourse as a social practice within the broader socio-political context. This study argues that from an analytical-methodological perspective, media discourse is an optimum research site to critically explore how conflicting interests are positioned in the mass media and how this shapes public opinion.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/IJTC-05-2022-0108pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn2056-5615
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/19076
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherEmeraldpt_PT
dc.subjectDiscourse analysispt_PT
dc.subjectOvertourismpt_PT
dc.subjectOnline media textspt_PT
dc.subjectLisbonpt_PT
dc.titleConflicting discursive representations of overtourism in Lisbon in the Portuguese digital presspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Tourism Citiespt_PT
person.familyNamePerdigão Alexandre Ribeiro
person.familyNameTorkington
person.givenNameFilipa
person.givenNameKate
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person.identifier.ciencia-id661E-B095-CCD1
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-3267-7166
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-9729-7872
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