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lacewise · 6 months ago

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Anyway if you want a video that genuinely explains some of the pressures of influencers from the perspective of a specific school of thought, I highly recommend:

The Problem With ‘Video Essays’ by Elliot Sang

I, as always, do not agree with Karl Marx but it’s a useful framework for the discussion.

#off topic #not fiber arts #influencers #this video is excellent #it’s clear informative easy to understand and effective in communication #I also like how the YouTuber doesn’t shy off from calling out fellow creators for misusing terms like ‘documentaries’#and implying that they’re journalists or academics when they have edited their opinions together in a slick way #and he doesn’t justify misleading the audience because it’s ‘entertaining’ and therefore ‘what the audience wants’#the whole ‘My business did it because the public wanted it’ is a really dicey marketing tactic that’s related to operant conditioning #it’s STILL not an excuse for dishonesty

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