Social Media Influencers: Apps, Algorithms and Celebrities

by The New York Times Editorial Staff (Editor)

Overview

Many popular social media websites and apps have one thing in common: celebrities looking to be worshipped. These social influencers come from all walks of life, and cater to young demographics with content including comedy routines, make-up advice, product reviews, and music videos. Watched by millions of viewers worldwide, they create diversion, provide commentary, endorse brands, and sometimes inspire the wrath of governments. With the aid of media literacy terms and questions, readers will discover how this comprehensive collection of articles reveals the ins and outs of internet commerce and culture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781642823578
Publisher:	The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Publication date:	12/30/2019
Series:	Rosen In the Headlines Series
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

Chapter 1 The Internet Celebrity Culture

ROFLThing Draws the Internet Celebrities Jenna Wortham 10

Internet Memes 101: A Guide to Online Wackiness David Pogue 12

Finding Fame, and Sometimes Fortune, in Social Media Steven Leckart 17

Glued to the Tube Amy O'Leary 22

How Jake Paul Set the Internet Ablaze Alex Williams 24

Unboxing the Internet for Teens, Eightysomethings and Everyone in Between Amanda Hess 35

Facebook's Version of YouTube Takes Shape With Pranksters, Magicians and Cartoons Sapna Maheshwari 44

Online and Making Thousands, at Age 4: Meet the Kidfluencers Sapna Maheshwari 44

Chapter 2 Just Who Influences Who?

ILoveMakonnen Is Big Online and Almost Famous Joe Coscarelli 51

Drizzy and the New Celebrity Worship Jenna Wortham 57

At VidCon, Small-Screen Stars and Big-Time Fame Nick Bilton 59

Hollywood Rushes to VidCon to Connect With Millennials Brooks Barnes 62

Bo Burnham, Discovered on the Internet, Now Challenges It Jason Zinoman 65

A Celebrity Z-List? Yes, It Exists Amanda Hess 68

How Cats Evolved to Win the Internet Abigail Tucker 72

The Rise and (Maybe) Fall of Influencers Vanessa Friedman 76

Inside the Hollywood Home of Social Media's Stars. (Don't Be Shy.) Daisuke Wakabayashi 80

Logan Paul, YouTube Star, Says Posting Video of Dead Body Was 'Misguided' Jonah Engel Bromwich 87

Don't Scoff at Influencers. They're Taking Over the World Kevin Roose 90

Chapter 3 The Biggest Apps and Sites

Coming Soon: Celebrity Web Networks From the Media Company Whalerock Brooks Barnes 94

The Best Apps for Delivering Celebrity News Kit Eaton 99

Snapchat Plays Hard to Get With Celebrities and Influencers Katie Benner Sapna Maheshwari 102

We're Living in the World That Klout Built Liriel Higa 107

YouTube's Product Chief on Online Radicalization and Algorithmic Rabbit Holes Kevin Roose 110

What if Instagram Got Rid of Likes? John Herrman 116

Chapter 4 International Influencers

Where an Internet Joke Is Not Just a Joke Brook Larmer 122

Around the World in 80 Days for Cuba's Most Famous Dissident Blogger Luisita Lopez Torregrosa 136

Some of China's Prominent Internet Voices Chris Buckley 139

Qandeel Baloch, Pakistani Social Media Celebrity, Dead in Apparent Honor Killing Salman Masood 142

Chinese Censors Have New Target: Celebrity News Amy Qin 145

Chinese Citizens Evade Internet Censors to Remember Liu Xiaobo Javier C. Hernández 148

Know Your Chinese Social Media Yuan Ren 150

Learning China's Forbidden History, So They Can Censor It Li Yuan 155

PewDiePie Put in Spotlight After New Zealand Shooting Niraj Chokshi 161

Chapter 5 A Dangerous Place

For $1,000, Site Lets Celebrities Say It Ain't So Sarah Lyall 164

On Facebook, Bullies 'Like' if You Hate Emily Layden 168

The Latest Celebrity Diet? Cyberbullying Amanda Hess 171

Man Who Hacked Celebrities' Email Accounts Gets 5 Years in Prison Benjamin Weiser 175

Sleeping in Car and Visiting Gun Range: How YouTube Attacker Spent Final Hours Daisuke Wakabayashi Matthew Haag Elizabeth Dias 178

YouTube Attacker's Complaints Echoed Fight Over Ad Dollars Nellie Bowles Jack Nicas 184

Chapter 6 Selling Out or Cashing In?

Selling a Celebrity Look Claire Cain Miller 188

Buying Their Way to Twitter Fame Austin Considine 192

The Well-Followed on Social Media Cash In on Their Influence Jenna Wortham 196

Now You Can Just Pay Celebrities to Say Stuff Amanda Hess 201

YouTube Drops Online Star Logan Paul From Premium Advertising Daisuke Wakabayashi 205

James Charles, From 'CoverBoy' to Canceled Valeriya Safronova 207

Glossary 211

Media Literacy Terms 213

Media Literacy Questions 215

Citations 217

Index 222