Cognition & emotion
How social media influencers' emotional expressions shape their popularity: the role of authenticity and appropriateness.
Siyi Gu, Marc W Heerdink, Gerben A van Kleef
Published: 202510.1080/02699931.2025.2573120
Abstract
The success of (social media) influencers hinges on their popularity. We investigated how critical perceptual (warmth, competence) and behavioural (engagement, electronic word of mouth) indicators of influencers' potential to gain popularity are shap…
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