“Aren’t These Just Young, Rich Women Doing Vain Things Online?”: Influencer Selfies as Subversive Frivolity

Taking seriously the global trend of selfies becoming marketable and entangled in ecologies of commerce, this article looks at Influencers who have emerged as (semi-)professional selfie-producers and for whom taking selfies is a purposively commercial, thoughtful, and subversive endeavor. Based on i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abidin, Crystal
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79388