Exploring the causes to unfollow social media influencers: A qualitative study.

To remain attractive for firms, social media influencers have to maintain and expand their followers base. However, it has been shown that they lose approximately 7.8% of their followers annually. This highlights the critical importance of understanding the reasons behind unfollowing. Despite the ex...

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Publicado en:Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 347 - 366
Autores principales: Ayari, Salma, Oueslati, Khouloud, Ben Yahia, Imène
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Apr2025
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