Social media influencers as human brands: insights from an analysis of a mega-influencer follower-generated hashtag network on Instagram

Dilan Tharindu Rathnayake; Andrea Tonner; Petya Eckler

Social media influencers as human brands: insights from an analysis of a mega-influencer follower-generated hashtag network on Instagram

Dilan Tharindu Rathnayake, Andrea Tonner, Petya Eckler

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This study investigates the followers’ perspective of social media influencers as ‘human brands’, via an analysis of follower-generated hashtags on Instagram. Instagram is the fastest-growing social media platform (Djafarova & Rushworth, 2017) having a higher user engagement (Casaló et al., 2018), making it a promising platform for social media influencers.

Original language	English
Number of pages	3
Publication status	Published - 5 Jul 2022
Event	Academy of Marketing Conference: The Fabric of Life - University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom Duration: 5 Jul 2022 → 7 Jul 2022

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Conference	Academy of Marketing Conference
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Huddersfield
Period	5/07/22 → 7/07/22

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social media influencers
human brand
Instagram

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