USF St. Petersburg campus Master's Theses (Graduate)
First Advisor
Major Professor: Monica Ancu, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Casey Frechette, Ph.D.
Third Advisor
Janet Keeler
Publisher
University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Date
2020
Date Issued
June 26, 2020
Abstract
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requires social media influencers to disclose any financial or material relationship they have with a brand. This study represents a content analysis of 150 sponsored posts to examine how Instagram influencers disclose this relationship. Findings show that 37% of Instagram influencers use the word “ad” to disclose commercial relations on posts. Further, results indicate that disclosure hashtags are the most popular type and location used by Instagram influencers to disclose a relationship with a brand.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Williams, Tamiracle A., "#Ad: How Influencers Disclose Advertisements on Instagram" (2020). USF St. Petersburg campus Master's Theses (Graduate).
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/masterstheses/197
Comments
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Digital Journalism and Design Department of Journalism and Digital Communication College of Arts and Sciences University of South Florida St. Petersburg