articlePublic CultureJan 1, 2015Closed access

Instafame: Luxury Selfies in the Attention Economy

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Abstract

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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Keywords
  • Phenomenon
  • Cultural phenomenon
  • Media studies
  • Advertising
  • Sociology
  • History
  • Business
  • Social science
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