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Santos, Carla A Santos, Carla A Shinew, Kim Nelson, Michelle Johnson, Laurie R 2022-12 application/pdf en text Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-12-01 The student, Liselle Milazzo, accepted the attached license on 2022-10-03 at 11:11. The student, Liselle Milazzo, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2022-10-03 at 11:31. This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2022-10-06 at 16:53. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #18509 on 2023-04-12 at 08:10:32 Liminoidity in modern media tourism experiences: Understanding the uses and gratifications of fans visiting the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Milazzo, Liselle 2022-10-06 Harry Potter Media Tourism Liminoid Liminal Ritual Uses And Gratifications Theory Fanship Media tourism is a global phenomenon. Today, one in five tourists engage in media tourism when they travel (Connell, 2012). The phenomenon involves tourists visiting locations inspired by fictional or non-fictional media (including literature, film, and television). Research, including Beeton, 2016; Lovell and Thurgill, 2021; Reichenberger and Smith, 2020; has established that media tourism is a growing area of attention in the travel industry. However, there is an overall lack of research regarding the liminoid (defined broadly as the liminal-adjacent state) nature of media tourism phenomenon (Turner, 1974). To address such a gap in the literature, this dissertation employs the Uses and Gratifications Theory to draw connections from people’s media consumption at home to their media tourism experiences. It does so within the context of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter (WWoHP) in Orlando, Florida. Specifically, this dissertation identifies and outlines the relationship between fan-tourists’ uses and gratifications of the Harry Potter series and the qualities of liminoidity fans experience while visiting WWoHP. It then develops a model of liminoidity grounded in the continuously occurring nature of modern, postindustrial societies. Thesis eng https://hdl.handle.net/2142/117632 Copyright 2022 Liselle Milazzo Ph.D. Dissertation Recreation, Sport, and Tourism University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Recreation, Sport and Tourism