“…They try to persuade individuals to take advice, possibly even modify behaviours, by the information they produce, as well as their expertise, abilities, and character (Dajah, 2020;L. Liu et al, 2022;Vyatkina, 2020) According to marketing research, when a person's activities are consistent with their independent, self-reliant, authentic selves, people are more likely to see them as genuine (such as a celebrity) (Kostygina et al, 2020;Taillon et al, 2020). Celebrities who are viewed as genuine have more power over others, both online and offline (Jiang & Yin, 2021;Sokolova & Perez, 2021).…”