We invite submissions for a collection in the journal Creator and Influencer Studies. The collection aims to explore the emerging significance of low ...

Creator Logic-in-Practice: Political Content Creators and the Negotiation of Influence in the Post-Networked Era

In their research on how AI is reshaping modeling work, Alexandra Mateescu, Zoë West, and Sanjay Pinto find a situation ripe for labor exploitation.

This article examines issues of labor and representation in computer-generated influencer production. I explore the implications of this production for behind-the-scene workers and identity constructi...

Have influencers on social media created a new career field worthy of formal education?  A growing number of universities are looking at classes and majors aimed at giving influencers the skil…