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Influencer Discourse: Affective relations and identities
Edited by Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich and Alexandra Georgakopoulou
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 349] 2024
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Introduction

Affect, hate and relationality in the discourse of, with and about influencers

| King’s College London
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Influencers as a multi-faceted notion
  • 3.Methods
  • 4.Influencers and/in interaction
  • 5.Tensions, dilemmas and trade-offs
  • 6.The role of genres in the construction of the “influencer self”
  • 7.Contributions and outlook
  • Notes
  • References
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