Influencer

The Age of Influencers: Why Are We So Obsessed with Them?

Have you ever thought – who is an “influencer”? For example, a famous celebrity, aka businesswoman and media persona, Kylie Jenner shares some posts on Instagram and, suddenly, thousands admire her and are in a rush to follow her lead. Why?

How Kylie Jenner fooled us all?

Now that I have your attention, let’s talk about how influencers subconsciously play such an important role in our lives and are convincing us into buying...

September 25, 2023 by zuzanna Body Image Influencer Virtual Visionaries 2

Filtered Reality: How Instagram Fuels Body Image Insecurities

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September 22, 2023 by Amata Apps Body Image Influencer Instagram Mental Health Safety Social Media Virtual Visionaries 1

Trend Analysis: Who is “that girl”? (part 2)

Welcome to the second part of Trend Analysis: “That Girl”! Last week I conducted an experiment where I, true to the “that girl” routine, attempted to...

October 30, 2022 by lbael Digital Discoverers Hustle culture Influencer Social Media 5

Trend Analysis: Who is “that girl”? (part 1)

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October 23, 2022 by lbael Digital Discoverers Influencer Social Media TikTok YouTube 7

Do we all know the same George Miller?

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October 3, 2022 by mehak :) Influencer Music Net Navigators Uncategorized 1

Is it really worth it? – What do the influencers on social media tell you about a beauty product.

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October 2, 2022 by keinerwaschlappen Anxiety Business Consumerism Consumption Culture Economy Influencer Instagram Internet Mental Health Web Weavers 0

How modern media can change your reality

Have you ever been scrolling through YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, Twitter or any other kind of media platform and thought to yourself: “How did I end up...

September 19, 2022 by Tristan Cotino Algorithms Digital Humanities Influencer Internet Media Net Navigators 3

ASMR (video)

A year ago I had a discussion with a friend about ASMR. We had very different opinions: she is a fan, she listens to sleep ASMR...

December 24, 2021 by sophie Art Consumption Influencer Instagram Media Online Community Online Platforms Social Media Streaming Media TikTok Video 0

The wired headset has become a new retro trend! Are young people tired of AirPods?

The Wall Street Journal published a review article on the topic of AirPods. However, the article is not discussing the newly released AirPods3 this year, nor...

December 14, 2021 by Kelly SY Chou Advertisements Art Digital Fashion Influencer Instagram Social Media Streaming Media TikTok Virtual Voyagers 7

Is Subway a person? Personifying Companies Through Social Media Influencers

This blog is a continuation of a previous blog “Corporate Tik Tok”. After my research on how corporate companies are creating personas for themselves and redefining...

December 2, 2021 by Marta Business Influencer Social Media TikTok Virtual Voyagers 2

The new snake oil marketplace

Today I read a news article about Dutch influencer Donny Roelvink who apologized for recommending a cosmetic medical procedure. He had had porcelain plates added to...

December 1, 2021 by Emmy Advertisements Health Influencer Psychology Safety Social Media Web Weavers 1

Fast fashion and influencers: social media made me buy it!

As Black Friday is approaching and has increased in popularity in The Netherlands, I thought it would be interesting to write about the impact of social...

November 22, 2021 by Judith_ Consumerism Influencer Net Navigators Social Media Uncategorized 6

Youtube fitness content, how it kept me more motivated to keep exercising.

I’ve had multiple subscriptions to multiple gyms, but after a few months I just had no motivation to continue going. I was either too busy or...

November 22, 2021 by Emma van Kins Health Influencer Web Weavers YouTube 4

Behind the scenes: what does a twitch mod see?

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November 14, 2021 by Emmy Consumption Esports Influencer Internet Media Online Community Online Platforms Safety Social Media Streaming Twitch Video Web Weavers 1

Demi Lovato Taught Me English

This blog post discusses how the globalization of media and entertainment has facilitated learning other languages just by consuming content. Audio-visual styles of learning languages have...

October 28, 2021 by Marta Influencer Language Movies Virtual Voyagers 0