Monetising the dividual self: the emergence of the lifestyle blog and influencers in Malaysia
In: Anthropology of media Volume 8
Brief chronology of personal and lifestyle blogging in Malaysia -- Introduction : Anthroblogia : participant observation and blogging in Malaysia -- The blogs as assemblage : agency and affordances -- January 2006 : blogwars, hit sluts, and authenticity in the personal blogosphere -- The blogger and her blog : (dis)assembling the dividual self -- May 2007 : the assembling of genres -- Assembling blogs and bloggers -- April 2007 : voicy consumers and negotiating networked publics -- Assembling a blog market -- January 2009 : negotiating the authentic advertorial -- Assembling lifestyles -- October 2009 : regional blogmeet -- Conclusions : the dividual self and emergence of the lifestyle blog.