May 13, 2026Influencers: Politics Where We Do Not Expect ItPolitics now reaches many people through the cooking, fitness and travel creators they already follow. That makes public issues easier to encounter, but harder to judge: familiar faces lend trust before anyone knows what kind of authority stands behind a claim.
Nov 16, 2023Instagram influencers: shaping discourse on the Israel-Gaza conflictAfter 7 October, fashion, fitness and lifestyle influencers began posting about the Israel-Gaza conflict. They wrote only a small share of the posts, but told a narrow story: calls for a ceasefire and prayers for peace, which their audiences rewarded with more engagement than posts about violence.