GE2006 was the “internet elections” for the emergence of political bloggers who provided the general public with empirical evidence of opposition parties working the ground and attracting large crowds at…
Last week I had the privilege of being invited to speak on a virtual roundtable on ‘Asian Celebrity and the Pandemic’, organized by The Asian Media and Cultural Studies Network.…
Hi. I am happy to share that our article reviewing laws, guidelines, and best practices in the Nordic influencer industry is now out and Open Access with the Nordic Journal…
I have been reviewing interview transcripts from my project looking at how influencers, influencer agencies, and social media companies have been adapting to COVID-19, and want to share a few…
As city-wide lockdowns and home-isolations kicked in across various countries in the past few months, more and more people took to social media to muse, gripe, reflect on the new…
Three years in the making, our Open Access Special Issue on digital ethnographic methodological failures, disciplinary posturing, and ethical dilemmas is finally out! Thank you to Journal of Digital Social…
I spoke to Paris-based reporter Pierre d’Almeida for MIXTE, a French bi-annual fashion and ideas magazine, about the political power of beauty tutorials on TikTok and YouTube. The interview closely…
I have been working on this article since 2016 and it is finally ready to meet the world in Celebrity Studies. It studies YouTube parody Influencers as feminist and anti-racist…
