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Instafame: Luxury Selfies in the Attention Economy

Marwick, Alice E.·2015·Public Culture
DOI 10.1215/08992363-2798379
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The popular photo-sharing app Instagram has created a new breed of celebrities: the Instafamous. This essay examines the phenomenon—from Singaporean socialites showing off shoe collections to high school sophomores with ten thousand followers—and its relationship to celebrity and tabloid culture.

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Authors
Marwick, A. E.
Venue
Public Culture
Publisher
Duke University Press
Published
2015-01-01
Volume
27
Issue
1
Pages
137-160
ISSN
  • 0899-2363 (ISSN-L)
  • 1527-8018
DOI
10.1215/08992363-2798379
OpenAlex
W1984733378
Cited by
1,040
References
3
FWCI
120.69
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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