2K: Child Influencers in the Asia Pacific
Social Media + Society, volume 11, issue 3 (2025), various pag.
"The Special Issue offers 11 articles that consider how child Influencers are connected to discourses around hegemony, are involved in social-cultural movements and projects, and are protected (or not) by regulation. With perspectives primarily from media studies and methods including ethnography, interviews, document surveys, and content analyses, each paper offers a specific demographic focus and raises issues specific to a country’s socio-political and socio-cultural context." (Abstract)
Introduction to 2K Special Issue on “Child Influencers in the Asia Pacific Region” / Crystal Abidin
“When I Grow Up, I Want to Be a Vlogger”: Child Influencers in the Philippines / Samuel I. Cabbuag
Family, Parenting, and Kid Influencers in Thailand: Balance Among Family Values, Cultures, and Child Development / Vimviriya Limkangvanmongkol
Korean Toddlers at Play or at Work? Commodifiable Authenticity of Sponsored Child-Rearing Vlogs / Hanwool Choe
Kidfluencers in India: Commodification, Consumption, and Perpetuation of Dominant Culture / Devina Sarwatay
Young People on Social Media: The Implications of Child Influencers in Vietnam / Nguyen Do Doan Hanh
Performing Girlhood and Sisterhood in China: Chinese International Student Influencers’ Everyday Self-Presentation on RedNote / Wenxiang Zeng
Negotiating Gender, Race, and Nationhood in Parenting on Douyin: White Mummy Bloggers in Chinese-Foreign Marriages in China / Xinxin Jiang
Tahfiz-Tok: Malaysian Muslim Religious Schools’ Platform Vernaculars / Emma Baulch, Benjamin Y. H. Loh
Growing Up Online Through Divorce: Child Influencers and Family Change in Indonesia / Ariane Utomo
The Price of Virality and the Imperative for (Self) Regulation of Child Social Media Influencers in Taiwan / Yavor A. Kostadinov
The Regulation of Child Influencers in Australia and the Asia Pacific Region / Crystal Abidin
“When I Grow Up, I Want to Be a Vlogger”: Child Influencers in the Philippines / Samuel I. Cabbuag
Family, Parenting, and Kid Influencers in Thailand: Balance Among Family Values, Cultures, and Child Development / Vimviriya Limkangvanmongkol
Korean Toddlers at Play or at Work? Commodifiable Authenticity of Sponsored Child-Rearing Vlogs / Hanwool Choe
Kidfluencers in India: Commodification, Consumption, and Perpetuation of Dominant Culture / Devina Sarwatay
Young People on Social Media: The Implications of Child Influencers in Vietnam / Nguyen Do Doan Hanh
Performing Girlhood and Sisterhood in China: Chinese International Student Influencers’ Everyday Self-Presentation on RedNote / Wenxiang Zeng
Negotiating Gender, Race, and Nationhood in Parenting on Douyin: White Mummy Bloggers in Chinese-Foreign Marriages in China / Xinxin Jiang
Tahfiz-Tok: Malaysian Muslim Religious Schools’ Platform Vernaculars / Emma Baulch, Benjamin Y. H. Loh
Growing Up Online Through Divorce: Child Influencers and Family Change in Indonesia / Ariane Utomo
The Price of Virality and the Imperative for (Self) Regulation of Child Social Media Influencers in Taiwan / Yavor A. Kostadinov
The Regulation of Child Influencers in Australia and the Asia Pacific Region / Crystal Abidin
