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2020

University of South Carolina

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Celebrity Impact On Fashion Brand Choice Using Social Media, Jaclyn Newbert Jul 2020

Celebrity Impact On Fashion Brand Choice Using Social Media, Jaclyn Newbert

Theses and Dissertations

Today social media is rapidly growing. Many social media users, specifically Instagram users, are from the Millennial generation (born between 1982 and 1999), and Generation-Z (born between 2000 and 2020) (knoema.com, 2020). They love to share their life through social media, especially by posting and viewing others’ photos and videos on Instagram. Celebrity endorsement of products and brands has shown to increase both brand awareness and sales for companies. The purpose of this study is to investigate social media influence of celebrities on consumers’ brand choices. A conceptual model is developed to investigate the influences of physical attractiveness, celebrity credibility, …