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Jan 10, 2020

Sacrificing Children’s safety for views: The Case of YouTube

In Chapter 4 of Internet Celebrity: Understanding Fame Online, Abidin (2018) delves into global implications of the influencer industry…

Sacrificing Children’s safety for views: The Case of YouTube

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Jan 10, 2020

The Issue of Online Authenticity

This blog post discusses notions of authenticity in relation to the identities and activities of internet celebrities. In our Contemporary…

The Issue of Online Authenticity

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Jan 10, 2020

Social media influencers and stigmas

The nature of social media promises fame (and subsequently wealth) to ‘ordinary’ users, which thus encourages practices of micro-celebrity…

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Jan 9, 2020

What’s in a meme?

Ah, memes. A cultural phenomenon and one of my favourite mindless pastimes, we often find it difficult to explain (especially to…

What’s in a meme?

Just Another Internet Celeb

Just Another Internet Celeb

Hello there! Welcome to this little blog featuring posts based on topics discussed in Crystal Abidin’s book, ‘Internet Celebrity: Understanding Fame Online’.

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