Creators & Platform Labor Research Group
We’re a group of Cornell University researchers studying platform cultures and labor practices with a focus on the creator economy.
Our group includes researchers from Cornell University’s Departments of Communication and Information Science. We’ve also hosted visiting scholars from Utrecht University and the University of Amsterdam.
Recent Research
Nguyen, R., & Duffy, B. E. (2026). “Creator burnout is real”: Risk, responsibility, and un/speakability in the creator economy. New Media & Society, 14614448261459667.
Pinch, A. (2026). “The Behind-The-Scenes we were never supposed to see”: Resisting, reframing, and reinforcing incarceration stigmas on Prison TikTok. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565261453786
Muenster, R. M., & Foster, M. E. (2026). Breadwinner or breadmaker: analyzing contradictions in tradwife creators’ entrepreneurial labor, political ideology, and digital self-presentation. Creator and Influencer Studies, 1(1), 5Nguyen, R. (2025). The vortex of visibility: Platformization and literary practices in an emerging economy. Platforms & Society, 2. https://doi.org/10.1177/29768624251398960.
Duffy, Brooke, Anuli Ononye, and Megan Sawey. "The politics of vulnerability in the influencer economy." European Journal of Cultural Studies 27, no. 3 (2024): 352-370.
Snyder, Sarah J. "Always-on authenticity: Challenging the BeReal ideal of “being real”." Media, Culture & Society 46, no. 2 (2024): 404-413.
For a more detailed list of our publications, visit our Publications Page.