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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
Volume 57, Issue -, Pages 84-92Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2016.06.004
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Celebrity chefs; Diffusion of innovations; Pinterest; Social media
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Pinterest research is beginning to emerge, in part due to the importance of visually stimulating photos within hospitality and tourism. Photos are popular with many chefs for marketing, with some actively using Pinterest and other social media. Some of the world's top celebrity chefs are a growing phenomenon as influential leaders of their personal brand as well as other goods, services, and causes. This research reports on a pilot study of how celebrity chefs have adopted and implemented social media, especially Pinterest, using the Diffusion of Innovations as a theoretical framework. The study found that of the top 48 chefs, all adopted Facebook, closely followed by 47 adopting Twitter; just 17 adopted Pinterest. The chefs' social media and Pinterest implementation varied widely. This study sheds insights about social media, particularly Pinterest, extends innovation diffusion research, and serves as a base for future research of both celebrity chefs and social media. (C) Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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