{"product_id":"child-influencers-how-children-become-entangled-with-social-media-fame-hardback-9781509568024","title":"Child Influencers; How Children Become Entangled with Social Media Fame (Hardback) 9781509568024","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChild Influencers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHow Children Become Entangled with Social Media Fame\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCrystal Abidin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509568024, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 November 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.363 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"With unmatched expertise and passion, Abidin takes the reader on a fascinating, almost two decades-long anthropological journey to show how children have become internet famous. Simply a must-read!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndra Siibak, University of Tartu\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In the first comprehensive book on child influencers, Crystal Abidin masterfully weaves together digital ethnography and case studies to understand the blurring boundaries between childhood, digital media, and the rise of influencer culture. Full of incisive analysis, this groundbreaking book is an important contribution to communication studies, sociology, anthropology, and beyond.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenjamin Burroughs, University of Nevada, Las Vegas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocial media is proliferating with influencers, but despite their prevalence and the extensive body of scholarship, there is no comprehensive book that frames the historical and contemporary phenomenon of child influencers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on original empirical ethnographic fieldwork and case studies from Asia Pacific and beyond, and spanning various digital platforms, this book looks at the emergence of child influencers and online fame more generally. Crystal Abidin, a pioneering scholar in this field, discusses key historical milestones, scandals, and the social and cultural contexts that have led to ordinary children becoming famous online, and how changing public discourse has resulted in important pivots in the ways we perceive them. The book addresses and challenges some of the moral panics against the visibility of children on social media and gives voice and agency to the children, their parents and guardians, and the agents and managers who have been striving to improve the child influencer market through their everyday practices and community norms.    \u003cbr\u003e                                                      \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChild Influencers\u003c\/i\u003e is illuminating reading for anyone who wants to understand the phenomena of children and online fame, and why they have proliferated so quickly in society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Mummy Bloggers\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Micro-microcelebrity\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Family Influencers\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Child Influencers\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: KidTok\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: Meme Celebrities\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: Viral Stars \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8: Variety Stars\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9: Factories\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10: Ground Zero\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eReferences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441815974168,"sku":"9781509568024","price":36.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509568024.jpg?v=1785027114","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/child-influencers-how-children-become-entangled-with-social-media-fame-hardback-9781509568024","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}