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Influencer Activism

Influencer Activism is a form of digital advocacy in which social media influencers leverage their platform, credibility, and relational trust with audiences to promote social, political, or environmental causes, distinguished by the strategic integration of influence and activism to effect public awareness or behavioral change.

19

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940

Citations

35

Authors

22

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

18

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Publications

19

From social media diet to public riot? Engagement with “greenfluencers” and young social media users' environmental activism

Helena Knupfer, Ariadne Neureiter, Jörg Matthes · Computers in Human Behavior · 2022 · 159 citations · Full text

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Black Squares for Black Lives? Performative Allyship as Credibility Maintenance for Social Media Influencers on Instagram

Mariah L. Wellman · Social Media + Society · 2022 · 127 citations · Full text

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When a Girl Awakened the World: A User and Social Message Analysis of Greta Thunberg

Jieun Jung, Peter Petkanic, Dongyan Nan et al. · Sustainability · 2020 · 122 citations · Full text

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Discordant storytelling, ‘honest fakery’, identity peddling: How uncanny CGI characters are jamming public relations and influencer practices

Elena Block, Rob Lovegrove · Public Relations Inquiry · 2021 · 106 citations

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Metapolitical New Right Influencers: The Case of Brittany Pettibone

Ico Maly · Social Sciences · 2020 · 67 citations · Full text

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Authors

35

  1. TA
    Thomas A. McCain

    The Ohio State University, United States

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  2. JM
    Jörg Matthes

    University of Vienna, Austria

    1 publications · 159 citations

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  3. CH
    Caleb Hubbard

    University of Toledo Medical Center, United States

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  4. KL
    Kathryn Lookadoo

    University of Oklahoma, United States

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. IM
    Ico Maly

    Tilburg University, Netherlands

    1 publications · 67 citations

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Institutions

22

  1. University of North Texas

    Denton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  2. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    106 citations

  3. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  4. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    122 citations

  5. University of Indianapolis

    Indianapolis, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    69 citations

  6. Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis

    Indianapolis, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    69 citations

  7. Old Dominion University

    Norfolk, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    58 citations

  8. University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    127 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Science Communication

    2 publications · 28 citations

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  2. Information Communication & Society

    ICS · 1 publications · 63 citations

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  3. Computers in Human Behavior

    1 publications · 159 citations

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  4. Technological Forecasting and Social Change

    1 publications · 28 citations

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  5. Social Media + Society

    1 publications · 127 citations

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