The commercialization of social media stars: a literature review and conceptual framework on the strategic use of social media influencers

L Hudders, S De Jans… - Social media influencers in …, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
This review provides insight into the research on the strategic use of social media
influencers. A search in the Scopus database yielded a total of 154 peer-reviewed academic …

Evolving research perspectives on food and gastronomic experiences in tourism

G Richards - International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality …, 2021 - emerald.com
Evolving research perspectives on food and gastronomic experiences in tourism | Emerald
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Instagram travel influencers in# quarantine: Communicative practices and roles during COVID-19

F Femenia-Serra, U Gretzel, A Alzua-Sorzabal - Tourism Management, 2022 - Elsevier
The crisis arising from the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire tourism system,
including communication and marketing practices. Of these practices, in recent years …

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

İ Kılıç, M Gürlek - Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2023 - 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 …

Pet influencers on social media: The joint effect of message appeal and narrator

L Zhang, W Wei, B Rathjens, Y Zheng - International Journal of Hospitality …, 2023 - Elsevier
The power of pet influencers has been increasingly recognized by hospitality and tourism
practitioners as more people choose to travel with their pets these days. Pet influencers are …

Virtual influencer as a brand avatar in interactive marketing

A Audrezet, B Koles - The Palgrave handbook of interactive marketing, 2023 - Springer
Social media influencers have become an integral part of most brands' interactive marketing
strategy for the past 15 years. Leveraging their unique content and substantial follower base …

Welcome to the destination! Social media influencers as cogent determinant of travel decision: A systematic literature review and conceptual framework

H Saini, P Kumar, S Oberoi - Cogent Social Sciences, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Sharing online content on social media platforms has opened the door to a new era of
marketing communication in many fields, including tourism. This paper concentrates on the …

How social media influencer's event endorsement changes attitudes of followers: the moderating effect of followers' gender

J Sun, XY Leung, B Bai - International Journal of Contemporary …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to study how a social media influencer (SMI) endorsement affects
followers' event attitude and behavioral intentions. More importantly, it comparatively …

Social media activation of pro-environmental personal norms: an exploration of informational, normative and emotional linkages to personal norm activation

W Han, Y Wang, MC Scott - Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The role that information plays is critical in changing behavior, thus it is surprising that so
little research has examined informational strategies in activating pro-environmental …

Social media influencers as mediators of commercial messages

H Vanninen, J Mero, E Kantamaa - Journal of Internet Commerce, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Social media influencers are integral to contemporary organizations' marketing strategies.
Despite growing interest in the topic, there is scant knowledge of how organizations manage …