The more others care, the more you share? – Social contagion as a stardom trigger of social media superstars –

Christopher Jung and Stephan Nüesch

Applied Economics, 2019, vol. 51, issue 9, 881-888

Abstract: Emerging superstars on social media platforms reshape the media landscape. This research analyses social contagion as a stardom trigger of social media superstars (SMS). We argue that in addition to serving as a quality indicator, the number of observed consumers of SMS performances also indicates the suitability of discussing the SMS performances with others. We experimentally manipulated the number of previous views of a YouTube video and find that a high number of previous views significantly increases the perceived quality and the video’s discussion suitability even when holding all objective video characteristics constant. We discuss implications for aspiring SMS and (online) marketers.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2018.1497849

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