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Instafame: Luxury Selfies in the Attention Economy
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The authors examines the phenomenon of the Instafamous phenomenon and its relationship to celebrity and tabloid culture, from Singaporean socialites showing off shoe collections to high school sophomores with ten thousand followers.Abstract:
The popular photo-sharing app Instagram has created a new breed of celebrities: the Instafamous. This essay examines the phenomenon—from Singaporean socialites showing off shoe collections to high school sophomores with ten thousand followers—and its relationship to celebrity and tabloid culture.read more
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Self-branding, ‘micro-celebrity’ and the rise of Social Media Influencers
TL;DR: The notion of self-branding has drawn myriad academic responses over the last decade as mentioned in this paper, and has been criticised by some academic researchers, such as the authors of this article.
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Celebrity vs. Influencer endorsements in advertising: the role of identification, credibility, and Product-Endorser fit
TL;DR: In their marketing efforts, companies increasingly abandon traditional celebrity endorsers in favor of social media influencers, such as vloggers and Instafamous personalities as discussed by the authors, and the effectiveness of these influencers is evaluated.
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Understanding CelebrityUnderstanding Celebrity, by TurnerGraeme. London, UK; Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2004. 148 pp. $115.00 cloth. ISBN: 0-7619-4167-3. $36.95 paper. ISBN: 0-7619-4168-1.
TL;DR: Turner as discussed by the authors argues that celebrity is not only about making parasocial, or imagined, connections with celebrity, but also about making personal connections based on perceived similarities, and argues that it is even more powerful when the consumer identifies with similar traits or circumstances in the celebrity's life or person.
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Pictures Speak Louder than Words: Motivations for Using Instagram
TL;DR: The results suggest that Instagram users have five primary social and psychological motives: social interaction, archiving, self-expression, escapism, and peeking.
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Visibility labour: Engaging with Influencers’ fashion brands and #OOTD advertorial campaigns on Instagram
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the visibility labour in which followers engage on follower-anchored Instagram advertorials, in an attention economy that has swiftly profited off work th...
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