An influencer like me: Examining the impact of the social status of Influencers
- Authors
- Kim, Do Yuon; Park, Minjung; Kim, Hye-Young
- Issue Date
- Apr-2023
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Keywords
- admiration; influencer; intimacy; social comparison; Social media; social status
- Citation
- Journal of Marketing Communications, v.29, no.7, pp 654 - 675
- Pages
- 22
- Journal Title
- Journal of Marketing Communications
- Volume
- 29
- Number
- 7
- Start Page
- 654
- End Page
- 675
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/90169
- DOI
- 10.1080/13527266.2022.2066153
- ISSN
- 1352-7266
1466-4445
- Abstract
- Despite the rise of social media influencers with ordinary, approachable lifestyles, there is a lack of studies that investigate the mechanism. This study examines the impacts of the social status of influencers on marketing outcomes. Study 1 investigated how intimacy and admiration resulting from the social status of influencers (similar vs. higher) affect marketing outcomes (i.e., product attitude, willingness to purchase, and loyalty to the influencer) using an online survey. The results showed that admiration is a stronger predictor of marketing outcomes than intimacy regardless of the influencers’ social status. This study also demonstrated the interplay between the social status of influencers and the social comparison orientation of social media users in a 2 (similar vs. higher social status) x 2 (low vs. high social comparison orientation) experimental design. This research contributes to knowledge by examining the effects of the social status of influencers (similar vs. higher) based on the social comparison process. This study provides theoretical and practical implications that admiration is a key factor in influencer marketing and social media users with high social comparison orientation should be targeted. © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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