The Impact of SMART Media Technologies (SMT) on the Spiritual Experience of Hajj Pilgrims

Over the last three decades, information and communication technologies have advanced rapidly and continue to do so. Nowadays, the popularity and spread of socalled Smart Media Technologies (SMT) is not only transforming the lives of tourists around the world in general, but is impacting on the expe...

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Authors: Qurashi, Jahanzeeb (Author) ; Sharpley, Richard 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dublin Institute of Technology [2018]
In: The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Year: 2018, Volume: 6, Issue: 3, Pages: 37-48
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Hajj / Pilgrim / New media / Social media / Virtual reality / Spiritual experience
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BJ Islam
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B Hajj apps
B smart media technologies
B the Hajj
B smartphones and tourism
B ‘smart' pilgrims
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