Social media influencer marketing: foundations, trends, and ways forward

Y Joshi, WM Lim, K Jagani, S Kumar - Electronic Commerce Research, 2023‏ - Springer
The increasing use and effectiveness of social media influencers in marketing have
intrigued both academic scholars and industry professionals. To shed light on the …

Social media influencers and consumer engagement: A review and future research agenda

B Pradhan, K Kishore, N Gokhale - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The rise of social media influencers (SMIs) in the recent decade garnered wide interest from
academicians and marketers. Academicians try to understand the effect of influencers on …

Impact of social media influencers on customer engagement and purchase intention: A meta-analysis

L Ao, R Bansal, N Pruthi, MB Khaskheli - Sustainability, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
This research aims at providing a meta-analysis of empirical findings of the literature on the
characteristics of social media influencers on customer engagement and purchase intention …

Social media influencers: an effective marketing approach?

KB Ooi, VH Lee, JJ Hew, LY Leong, GWH Tan… - Journal of Business …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Drawing upon the source credibility theory, interactivity theory, gratification-opportunities,
with the overarching theory of belief-attitude-behavioral chain, this study investigates the …

Effective influencer marketing: A social identity perspective

S Farivar, F Wang - Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Social networking in the form of online communities and social groups is a characteristic of
social media communication that has profound implications on the identity dynamics and …

[HTML][HTML] The role of influencers in live streaming e-commerce: influencer trust, attachment, and consumer purchase intention

N Chen, Y Yang - Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic …, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Live streaming e-commerce has emerged as a novel online marketing model. Drawing upon
influencer marketing theory, this study examines the mechanisms through which influencers …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding influencer marketing: The role of congruence between influencers, products and consumers

D Belanche, LV Casaló, M Flavián… - Journal of Business …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Influencers increasingly provide sources of information and innovation to followers.
Grounded in balance, cognitive dissonance, and congruity theories, the current article …

Sweet escape: The role of empathy in social media engagement with human versus virtual influencers

A Mirowska, J Arsenyan - International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Virtual influencers engage in emotional sharing to gain and keep followers. However, given
that many people use social media for diversion purposes, this emotional sharing may …

Telepresence in live-stream shop**: An experimental study comparing Instagram and the metaverse

S Barta, R Gurrea, C Flavián - Electronic Markets, 2023‏ - Springer
Advances in digital platforms allow influencers to use live shows to showcase products,
which has given rise to live-stream shop**. Moreover, new communication forms have …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of in-store live stream on consumers' offline purchase intention

P Zhang, CWF Chao, R Chiong, N Hasan… - Journal of Retailing and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Live stream marketing through social media has attracted the attention of digital retailing
marketers in recent years. However, there is a lack of evidence in understanding the …