Virtual influencer and cultural heritage destination
Endorsement effectiveness of virtual versus human influencers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11233765 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ke Zhang (0000-0002-1841-9016, Shanghai University, corresponding author), Xinru Sun (0009-0006-6261-0842, Shanghai University), Gang Li (0000-0002-9858-5232, University of Surrey) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 110 |
| Pages | 103873 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of Tourism Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0160-7383 • E-ISSN: 1873-7722 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.annals.2024.103873 |
| OpenAlex | W4404626915 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 76 |
Advertising · Business · Cultural heritage · Geography · Influencer marketing · Marketing management · Tourism · Communication in Education and Healthcare · Digital Marketing and Social Media · Media Influence and Health · Marketing
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Statistical power analyses using G*Power 3.1
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
Demystifying Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) Influencers
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Human or virtual
Intelligent influencer marketing
Digital transformation and tourist experience co-design
How virtual influencers’ identities are shaped on Chinese social media
Social Categorization
Almost human? A comparative case study on the social media presence of virtual influencers
A review of experiments in tourism and hospitality
Possible marketing tools for heritage tourism
The role of information and communication technologies in cultural tourists’ journeys
Identifying cultural tourism
Social Identity, Self-Categorization, and the Communication of Group Norms
Intangible Cultural Heritage
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All hype or the real deal? Investigating user engagement with virtual influencers in tourism
Who should the spotlight be on? The interactive effects of celebrity endorser type and destination personality
Dimensions of cultural consumption among tourists
The travel influencer construct
The impact of uncertainty on tourists’ controllability, mood state and the persuasiveness of message framing in the pandemic era
Green and non-green outcomes of green human resource management (GHRM) in the tourism context
Unintended indulgence in robotic service encounters
Tourist preference for tourism product brand biographies
Attitudes toward the culturally different
Metacognition fosters cultural learning
Perceived covariation among the features of ingroup and outgroup members
Source expertise, source attractiveness, and the processing of persuasive information
Establishing a causal chain
Perception of out-group homogeneity and levels of social categorization
Personal involvement as a determinant of argument-based persuasion
More human than you
Many forms of culture
Culture, Context, and Behavior
Psychological factors underlying attitudes toward AI tools
Resistance to Medical Artificial Intelligence
Anthropomorphized Helpers Undermine Autonomy and Enjoyment in Computer Games
Influencer-Generated Reference Groups
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On the External Validity of Experiments in Consumer Research
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 9 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |