Blackfishing on Instagram: Influencing and the Commodification of Black Urban Aesthetics
This article examines blackfishing, a practice in which cultural and economic agents appropriate Black culture and urban aesthetics in an effort to capitalize on Black markets. Specifically, this study analyzes the Instagram accounts of four influencers (Instagram models) who were accused of blackfi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2021-08-01
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Series: | Social Media + Society |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211038236 |