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As a field
Dark Tourism (Thanatourism) became a field of study in 1996 when the term was coined by Professor John Lennon and Malcolm Foley of Glasgow Caledonian University. Scholars have analyzed both recent and ancient settings which attract visitors and are associated with death. Scholars of the field hope to understand tourist motivation for visiting such locations. Dr. Philip Stone, a senior lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire, is another one of the individuals currently studying this field. He has written several journals and given presentations on the subject. He has studied moral and social effects of dark tourism, pointing out how individuals come together in these places associated with grief and death. stone has also stated how dark tourism represents immorality so that morality may be communicated.

Other viewpoints
Dark tourism has been seen as a form of exploitation. Individuals use the mood set by the tragedy linked to the site to create profit. Signs can be used to create a feeling of guilt and make tourist stop by locations during travels.