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New documentary about Nickelodeon, Quiet on Set, highlights how we don’t keep child stars safe. In the age of social media this is an even bigger problem.
For some musical artists, TikTok has become a beacon in an otherwise dismal digital streaming landscape.
How do we distinguish between valuable information from legitimate health experts, and pseudoscientific nonsense from unscrupulous wellness influencers?
As political parties desperately battle for voters’ attention, cybersquatting is one of many online tools in the toolkit. It’s only effective at further diminishing trust in government.
Times have changed. While in decades past we watched anti-smoking campaigns on TV, we now need anti-vaping messages on TikTok.
The Home Office has proposed paying influencers to discourage migrants from coming to the UK.
While the Ruby Franke case is an extreme example, it raises important questions of sharing children’s lives online.
Our study found that parasocial relationships can turn sour, with love and adoration replaced by feelings of hostility and even hatred.
The virality of Elmo’s X post showcases how fictional characters are turning into influencers.
Eviane Leidig talks about her research into women of the far right who have become online influencers. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
She pleaded guilty to second degree murder and now has 10 million TikTok followers – what’s behind the influencer fame of Gypsy Rose Blanchard?
Even the world’s most successful creators can see their livelihoods threatened by social media companies that routinely change their algorithms and policies with impunity.
Fixating on sleep can make your sleep worse. But some people crave the connection online sleep communities provide.
Vlogging has emerged as a new source of intimate entertainment, and for creators, potential income. However, they also raise serious questions about exploitation and the privacy rights of children.
Online reading communities have been around for a while but none of them have captured the attention of readers, publishers and retailers quite like BookTok.
Virtual influencers have relationships, explore the world and take risks. The web is their playground – but they don’t exist.
Fake social media campaigns can negatively affect both influencers and brands.
Barbie is an icon of nostalgia — but she’s also a forerunner of the metaverse.
Even for people who regularly look to social media platforms for book recommendations, recommendations from friends, family members or colleagues are a main way of choosing what to read.
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