Virtual Influencers: Identity and Digitality in the Age of Multiple Realities

This book identifies the converging socio- cultural, economic, and technological conditions that have shaped, informed, and realised the identity of the contemporary virtual influencer, situating them at the intersection of social media, consumer culture, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and digital technologies.

Through a critical analysis of virtual influencers and related media practices and discourses in an international context, each chapter investigates different themes relating to digita...