Social Media, Communities, & Networks Conference 2026: Semester 1

Public Sphere on Social Media

Taiwanese Instagram influencer leverages Instagram to raise awareness and create social change.

Posted on

27/04/2025

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21187337@student.curtin.edu.au

Abstract This paper investigates the role of Taiwanese Instagram influencers in leveraging the Instagram platform to generate social change by examining the tragic child abuse case of Kai Kai in Taiwan in 2023. It argues that the influencers successfully raised public awareness through visual storytelling techniques in their content, creating a public sphere in the…
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Child Abuse Awareness, Child Abuse Case in Taiwan, Misinformation from Public Sphere, Physical Protest and Online Petition, Public Sphere on Social Media, social change, Social Media Activism, Taiwan Government Regulation, Taiwan Instagram Influencers