Journal of Educational Method and Technology (JEMTEC)
Vol 2, No 2 (2019): AGUSTUS

Reality Show: The Influence of Destination Exposure to Viewers’ Travel Intention

Mege, S R (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
16 Feb 2021

Abstract

Reality show has started to dominate the television industry and has been used as media for product placement strategy. Destination placement in reality show serves the same purpose. However, previous study in destination placement in reality show is limited, as well as the study about travel intention to destination through reality show. The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of destination exposure in reality show to viewers’ travel intention to the destination. This study was conducted using experimental method, involving one hundred and four undergraduate students distributed randomly into experiment and control group. The stimulus used in this study was the popular reality show, The Amazing Race. The data was analyzed using independent sample t-test. The result of this study showed that in general viewers who received exposure of destination in reality show had higher travel intention to the destination, and in specific triggered the awareness and interest to look for information about the destination.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jemtec

Publisher

Subject

Education Engineering

Description

JEMTEC (Journal of Education Technology) is published three times in a year namely April, August, and December (E-ISSN: ) shares research articles, review and development of theory and concept, practice report and analysis related to the efforts to encourage more researches and discussions as well ...