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INTERNET AND CULTURAL GLOCALIZATION: A GLOCAL COMMUNITY OF ST. PETERSBURG COUCHSURFERS
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INTERNET AND CULTURAL GLOCALIZATION: A GLOCAL COMMUNITY OF ST. PETERSBURG COUCHSURFERS
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S0869-54150000402-5-1
Publication type
Article
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Published
Authors
Aleksandr Kustov 
Edition
Issue 3
Pages
105-117
Abstract
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The article discusses the phenomenon of interconnected glocal hospitality communities which have recently spread over the world in the context of the internet development and cultural globalization processes. It focuses on a typical community of users of CouchSurfi ng.org, a major social hospitality network in St. Petersburg. The author argues that, in the framework of this web service, there occurs a transformation of virtual groups of users localized in various spots of the globe into actual interconnected glocal communities which shape shared identities, norms, values, and practices among its members.

Keywords
Internet, online comunities, social networks, hospitality exchange services, couchsurfi ng, globalization, glocalization
Date of publication
01.05.2012
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