By cultivating ‘parasocial’ bonds, digital creators and microinfluencers have turned personal connection into economic power.
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Labor may now be in office, but it’s the Coalition that still attracts the big bucks. And there remains much murkiness about who donates to whom - and why.
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Lecturer in Digital Film & Television, Department of Film and Television, University of Bristol
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Democracy Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Assistant Professor of Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor, Department of English and Film Studies, University of Alberta
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Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Senior Associate, Health Program, Grattan Institute
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Deputy Lead, School of Medicine, University of Lancashire
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Assistant Professor of Marketing, College of Charleston