标题：Cibercultura e as influências das redes sociais virtuais na escolha de destinos turísticos: direcionamentos a partir de teorias sociológicas dos laços sociais
摘要：From a complex and interdisciplinary conception of reality, this research, carried out from half to the end of 2015 in the city of Juiz de Fora-MG, deals with the relation of sociological theories of social ties and it unfolding in virtual social networks, more specifically, in the process of choosing a tourist destination by people; as well as the influences and understanding of the behavior of individuals and groups in this environment. In this way, it presents as general objective, to analyze the influence of virtual social networks on the behavior of choice of tourist destinations by individuals. The methodology used, of quantitative basis, used, for the data collection, the survey method, with the non-random choice of 200 interviewees and, for it analysis, statistics of frequency distribution and cross tabulation, with calculation of the chi-square correlation coefficient. As a main result, it was possible to perceive that virtual social networks have a great influence on the decision process of tourist destinations by individuals, from their relationships in social networks, mainly from their network of friends and family, that is, from their strong ties.
关键词：Cyberculture;Virtual social networks;Tourist destinations;Theories of ties;Cibercultura;Redes sociais virtuais;Destinos turísticos;Teorias dos laços
