When is a picture not worth a thousand words? The psychological effects of mediated exposure to a remote location

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Highlights：

• Experiment testing the effect of mediated representations of an unfamiliar location on desire to visit.

• Media type positively influenced desire to visit through different routes.

• 3D panorama of the location heightened feelings of spatial presence.

• Textual description of the location decreased psychological distance.

摘要

•Experiment testing the effect of mediated representations of an unfamiliar location on desire to visit.•Media type positively influenced desire to visit through different routes.•3D panorama of the location heightened feelings of spatial presence.•Textual description of the location decreased psychological distance.

论文关键词：Immersion,Construal,Psychological distance,Social media,Travel destination

论文评审过程：Available online 26 August 2013.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.08.002