Crystal Abidin

Social media is proliferating with influencers, but despite their prevalence and extensive body of scholarship, there is no comprehensive book that frames the historical and contemporary phenomenon of child influencers. Drawing on original empirical ethnographic fieldwork and case studies from Asia Pacific and beyond, and spanning various digital platforms, this book looks at the emergence of child influencers and online...

Launched in 2007, Tumblr became a safe haven for LGBT youth, social justice movements, and a counselling station for mental health issues. For a decade, this micro-blogging platform had more users than either Twitter or Snapchat, but it remained an obscure subculture for non-users. Katrin Tiidenberg, Natalie Ann Hendry, and Crystal Abidin offer the first systematic guide to Tumblr and...

Launched in 2007, Tumblr became a safe haven for LGBT youth, social justice movements, and a counselling station for mental health issues. For a decade, this micro-blogging platform had more users than either Twitter or Snapchat, but it remained an obscure subculture for nonusers. Katrin Tiidenberg, Natalie Ann Hendry, and Crystal Abidin offer the first systematic guide to Tumblr and...