The rosy world of influencer marketing? Its bright and dark sides, and future research recommendations

L Hudders, C Lou - International Journal of Advertising, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This review article offers insights into the current issues in influencer marketing. We first
provide a historical overview of extant research that mainly focuses on its bright side, and …

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

H Knupfer, A Neureiter, J Matthes - Computers in Human Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
Many adolescents and young adults spend countless hours a day on social media, where
they can engage with social media influencers and may establish parasocial relationships …

Green influencer marketing: conceptualization, scale development, and validation: an application to tourism products

İ Kılıç, M Gürlek - Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study aims to conceptualize the green influencer marketing (GIM) and to develop a GIM
scale for its measurement. To achieve this goal, this research used a sequential exploratory …

“Informers” or “entertainers”: The effect of social media influencers on consumers' green consumption

X Zhao, Z Zhu, M Shan, R Cao, HA Chen - Journal of Retailing and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This research examines the impact of social media influencers on green product purchasing
intentions through three studies. Study 1 (N= 195) identifies a consumer preference for …

Greenwashing: a rapid escape from sustainability or a slow transition?

S Yildirim - LBS Journal of Management & Research, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Some wrong methods have emerged in the form of greenwashing while on the way
to becoming a green and sustainable brand or business. Recently, it has been questioned …

Circular economy and agriculture: mapping scientific productivity, research pattern and future research direction

J Ali, T Ali - Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2023 - Springer
This study aims at assessing the global research productivity and discovery of knowledge
clusters on circular economy and agriculture using bibliometric analysis. A total of 757 …

[HTML][HTML] Preaching to the choir: Do green influencers make a difference?

S König, E Maier - Journal of cleaner production, 2024 - Elsevier
Green influencers are crucial in promoting sustainable lifestyles, but their impact may vary
depending on their audience. Their behavioral effect might be limited if they were mainly …

The role of travel influencers in volunteer tourism: an application of the cognitive response theory

İ Kılıç, C Seçilmiş, C Özdemir - Current Issues in Tourism, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Drawing on the Cognitive Response Theory (CRT), this research aimed to
examine how travel influencers'(TI) content about volunteer tourism affect their followers' …

Digital Influencers' Attributes and Perceived Characterizations and Their Impact on Purchase Intentions

MJS Pereira, A Cardoso, A Canavarro, J Figueiredo… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Research into the role of digital influencers in marketing strategies is a rapidly developing
area that has attracted the interest of researchers and organizations. In recent years …

What else is new about social media influencers? Uncovering their relation and content strategies, and the downsides of being famous

C Lou, X Zhou - Frontiers in Psychology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Prior research on social media influencers (SMIs) often examined questions such as their
model of communication with followers, ethical concerns, motivations, and ways of gaining …