The Fetishized Identity Economy: Persona Capital, Staged Class, Platform Capitalism on Short-Video Platforms

The rise of short-video platforms has transformed identity into a hyper-commodified asset, merging performative self-presentation with algorithmic governance. This article introduces the fetishized identity economy (FIE), a theoretical framework that reinterprets Marxian commodity fetishism, Bourdie...

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Main Author: Chunfeng Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2025-07-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051251353752
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