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Social Media Influencers And Instagram Storytelling: Case Study Of Singapore Instagram Influencers, Mark Chong, Gottipati Swapna
Social Media Influencers And Instagram Storytelling: Case Study Of Singapore Instagram Influencers, Mark Chong, Gottipati Swapna
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
While the use of social media influencers (SMIs) by brands is becoming more widespread, the academic literature about SMI communication is still scarce. This is one of the first studies on SMI brand storytelling, using data mining and natural language processing to understand how SMIs tell brand stories on Instagram, what kinds of stories they tell, and the impact they have on follower engagement. The findings show that the "rise-fall" emotional arc was the most common story arc used by SMIs. In addition, SMIs frequently used the first-person perspective and featured themselves as the protagonists in their stories. Last, SMIs …