Routledge Handbook of Mobile Technology, Social Media and the Outdoors

This is the first book to explore the numerous ways in which mobile technologies and social media are influencing our outdoor experiences.

Simon Kennedy Beames is Professor of Friluftsliv at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norway. He has taught outdoor education for more than 30 years, predominantly in Southeast Asia, North America, and Europe. He has published four books with Routledge: Learning Outside the Classroom, Adventurous Learning, Outdoor Adventure and Social Theory, and Outdoor Learning across the Curriculum. Patrick T. Maher is Professor of Physical and Health Education at Nipissing University, Canada. His research blends outdoor and environmental education, sustainable nature-based tourism, and narratives from the polar regions. Pat is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, as well as the lead of the UArctic Thematic Network on Northern Tourism.

1. Introduction: Where Did We Start, and Where Will This Book Take Us?, PART I: Outdoor Education, 2. Mobile Technology and Social Media in the Assemblage of Outdoor Pursuits: A Theoretical Stance on Complexity and Uncertainty, 3. A Postdigital Lens on Outdoor Research, 4. Outdoor Education, Technology, and the Anthropocene, 5. Managing Digital Technology in Outdoor Education, 6. Digital Competence in Outdoor Education, 7. Technological Affordances in Understanding Biodiversity: Life, Place, and Time, 8. Assembling Mobile Technology and Outdoor Education Practice: Affordances, Pitfalls and Pedagogical Pathways, 9. Youth, Identity, and Social Media: The Promise of Outdoor Education as a Context for Identity Development, 10. Smartwatches, Bodies, and Landscapes: Experiencing the Mountains as Cyborgs, 11. The Digital Canoe Trip: Do We Return to Our Old Teaching Styles After COVID-19?, 12. Bridging Outdoor Education, Digital Technology and Well-Being through Pedagogical and Psychological Perspectives, PART II: Outdoor Recreation, 13. A Case for Using Mobile Technology to Facilitate Inclusion in the Outdoors for Those Who Live with Disabilities and/or Chronic Illness: Crossing the Digital Crevasse, 14. The Power and Peril of Smartphones and Social Media in Avalanche Terrain, 15. Social Media and Research in a Climbing Community: Gleaning Insights, 16. The Art of Dotwatching in Ultra-Distance Cycling: When a Human Becomes a Dot, 17. Becoming an Outdoors Person: Identity Transformation through Nature Activity and Social Media in Norway, 18. Use of Digital Technologies for Hiking: A Quantitative Study of Four Spanish Protected Areas, 19. The Promises and Perils of Danish Nature App Developers, 20. Trail and Mountain Running Vlogging: Dizziness, Disorder and Joy, 21. Communication and Cultural Significance in Two Danish Outdoor Facebook Groups: "Check Out My Campfire, See My Big Catch - I Am an Outdoor Person!", 22. Navigating Outdoor Activities in Polluted Air: Embodiment of Particulate Matter and Mobile Applications, PART III: Nature-based Tourism, 23. Using Social Media to Examine Ambassadorship in Tourism, 24. Virtual Meeting Spaces and Sustainable Arctic Communities: All Who Wander Are Not Lost, 25. The Absence of Everydayness in Social Media Images from Hiking Trips: Sharing the Epic, 26. Digital Tools and New Technologies: Opportunities or Threats to Participatory Sport Events?, 27. Big Data in Adventure Travel, 28. Reflections on the Impact of the Digital Shift in Nature-Based Adventure Tourism: Connected Disconnections in the Arctic, PART IV: Overlappers and Outliers, 29. Equity, Social Media and the Outdoors, 30. Trekking and Digital Technologies: Nudging Outdoor Habits in New Directions?, 31. Technology Creep and the Beneficial Burden: Cautionary Tales for Outdoor Educators, 32. Understanding Relations between People, Nature and the Digital: Why and How to Conduct Non-Digital-Centric Research?, 33. Hyperreality, Social Media, and Increasing Opportunities for Young People to Engage with Nature, 34. Outdoor Play Mediated through Pokémon: Facing the Snorlax, 35. Physical Activity and Health Monitoring with Wearable Technologies: A New Fitness Trend with Concerns for Reliable Output and Data Security, 36. Using Cellphones for Visualizing the Social and Environmental Relations of Community Gardens: "Keeping My Eyes Everywhere", 37. Western and Indigenous Ideas of Sustainability, the Tragedy of the Commons, and Mobile Technologies: Sustaining our Inner Environments, 38. Mobile Technology, Social Media, and the Outdoors: Stepping into the Future with Excitement and Apprehension