Visitors' cognitive vaccines
Self-reflection on dissonant narratives after heritage tourism experiences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11233271 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joelle Soulard (0000-0003-4453-1770, corresponding author), Zachary A Russell (0000-0002-0242-0231), Zachary Russell |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 112 |
| Pages | 103935 |
| Publication date | 2025-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of Tourism Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0160-7383 • E-ISSN: 1873-7722 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.annals.2025.103935 |
| OpenAlex | W4408106675 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 72 |
This study innovatively transposes inoculation theory to heritage tourism contexts, exploring how visitors critically engage with dissonant narratives. While previous research has examined external factors shaping dissonant heritage, less attention has been given to how visitors reflect on and engage with these narratives. Understanding these cognitive processes is crucial, as heritage sites often serve as spaces where visitors question their broader worldviews. Employing an informed grounded theory approach, we conducted in-depth interviews with 40 visitors across several heritage sites. We find that visitors engage in a dynamic process of cognitive inoculation, where exposure to diverse onsite perspectives enhances their media literacy and equips them with skills to critically assess and reflect on complex heritage narratives
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Cognition · Cognitive dissonance · Consonance and dissonance · Geography · Literature · Narrative · Reflection (computer programming · Sociology · Tourism · Computer Science · Digital Storytelling and Education · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Psychology · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
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The Heritage Crusade and the Spoils of History
Designing Qualitative Research
Grounded Theory and Theoretical Coding
Dark Tourism, Emotions, and Postexperience Visitor Effects in a Sensitive Geopolitical Context
Informed Grounded Theory
Conspiracy Theory Belief
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Some Contemporary Approaches
Fourth-Generation Evaluation
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Deepfake consumer reviews in tourism
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Trajectories in Holocaust tourism
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Critical social literacy
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Disinformation ‘gatecrashes’ tourism
Theorising township tourism
Memory and the everyday geopolitics of tourism
Geopolitical encounters of tourism
Lithuanian genocide heritage as discursive formation
Interpreting war heritage
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Fake news’ meets tourism
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Diaspora, authenticity and the imagined past
Feeling and tourism studies
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Irreconcilability of heritage missions
Orientalism, Balkanism and Europe's Ottoman heritage
Thinking rhizomatically about communist heritage tourism
Occupying whateverland
The embodied absence of the past
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |