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spir-14096	Berryman, Rachel; Abidin, Crystal; Kim, Do Own Donna; Hwang, Seol; Miyake, Esperanza	VIRTUAL CELEBRITY INDUSTRIES IN EAST ASIA	2025.0	33	.pdf	application/pdf	10146	643	42	Based on digital ethnography and visual analysis, it proposes virtual influencers are used to signify technological advancement, extending a “halo of innovation” to associated brands and products. This paper’s chronology is by no means comprehensive of all predecessors but uniquely incorporates Japanese and Korean cases that are historically rich but lesser known in English-based international Internet research, drawing on a larger project on virtual influencers (Kim, 2022; see Kim, forthcoming).	cache/spir-14096.pdf	txt/spir-14096.txt