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I DON'T ENVY YOU: EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF HUMAN VS. VIRTUAL SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS ON CONSUMER WELL-BEING

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글로벌지식마케팅경영학회 (Global Alliance of Marketing & Management Associations)
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Influencers have become a critical component of marketing strategy to increase awareness, encourage consideration, and drive purchases. A new type of influencer, computer-generated and artificial intelligence-powered avatars, has emerged amid this boom. Despite the mixed marketing results virtual influencers deliver, they are generally thought to create similar engagement as human influencers. Consumers appear capable of developing complex psychological processes when engaging with virtual influencers. Even though the positive impact of influencers is evident, there is a growing concern about how they can affect consumers' well-being. The feeling of envy is a significant well-being concern in the social media world. Assuming virtual influencers can deliver similar emotional effects as human influencers, can we feel envy towards virtual influencers?

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  • Hsin-Hsuan Meg Lee(ESCP Business School, United Kingdom)
  • Lorena Blasco-Arcas(ESCP Business School, Spain)