Weapons of the Chic: Influencer Engagement Pods as Practices of Resistance to Platform Labor

This article examines the phenomenon of Instagram influencer “engagement pods” as an emergent form of resistance that responds to the reconfigured working conditions of platformized cultural production. Engagement pods are grassroots communities that agree to mutually like, comment on, share, or oth...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Victoria O’Meara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-11-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305119879671