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Lifestyle Gurus
Constructing Authority and Influence Online
STEPHANIE A. BAKER AND CHRIS ROJEK
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Copyright © Stephanie A. Baker and Chris Rojek 2020
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First published in 2020 by Polity Press
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ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-3017-5 (hardback)
ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-3018-2 (paperback)
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Names: Baker, Stephanie Alice, 1983- author. | Rojek, Chris, author.
Title: Lifestyle gurus : constructing authority and influence online / Stephanie Baker, Chris Rojek.
Description: Medford : Polity Press, [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “The rise of blogs and social media has facilitated an industry of self-appointed ‘lifestyle gurus’ who have become instrumental in the management of intimacy and social relations. Baker and Rojek trace the rise of lifestyle influencers in the digital age, relating this development to the erosion of trust in the expert-professional power bloc”-- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019020142 (print) | LCCN 2019980575 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509530182 (paperback) | ISBN 9781509530175 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509530205 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Social media. | Influence (Psychology) | Power (Social sciences) | Interpersonal relations. | Collective behavior.
Classification: LCC HM1206 .B354 2019 (print) | LCC HM1206 (ebook) | DDC 302.23/1--dc23
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