Children making big money: The implications of Kidfluencing as new form of child labor
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Ask an 8-year-old what they want to become when they grow up. There is a good chance they don’t answer doctor, firefighter, or police officer anymore. Instead, the response is more likely to be “Yo...
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Child labor where the children are media products is uniquely challenging to assess and adjudicate because it is situated between and across boundaries.
“However, child labor where the children are media products, is uniquely challenging to assess and adjudicate because it is situated between and across boundaries (Hudders & Beuckels, 2024;Humbert, 2009).”
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At low frequencies or early stages, the positive gains of play, personal expression, and developing positive personal representations can make kidfluencing appear at worst harmless and at best positive.
“At low frequencies or at early stages, the positive gains of play, personal expression, and developing positive personal representations can make kidfluencing appear at worst harmless and at best positive (Hudders & Beuckels, 2024).”
From The Child Labor in Social Media: Kidfluencers, Ethics of Care, and Exploitation (2025) · cites this paper as Hudders & Beuckels, 2024
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“However, child labor where the children are media products, is uniquely challenging to assess and adjudicate because it is situated between and across boundaries (Hudders & Beuckels, 2024; Humbert, 2009).”
- Authors
- Hudders, L., & Beuckels, E.
- Affiliations
- Ghent University (BE)
- Corresponding author
- Hudders, Liselot
- Venue
- Journal of Children and Media
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2024-09-24
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 638-645
- ISSN
- 1748-2798 (ISSN-L)
- 1748-2801
- OpenAlex
- W4402836763
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 10
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- biblio.ugent.be
- Licence
- other-oa
- Locations
- Journal of Children and Media (publishedVersion)
- Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Digital Marketing and Social Media
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Children's Rights and Participation
- Social Sciences › Education › Child Development and Digital Technology
- Keywords
- child labor, influencer marketing
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