Internet culture reporters Madison Malone Kircher and Kat Tenbarge talk about whether the age of the influencer is over.
Internet culture reporters Madison Malone Kircher and Kat Tenbarge explain what happened in Nantucket recently
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A sign declaring “no influencers” in an antique store on Nantucket, Mass. recently unlocked a lot of strong feelings online around influencer fatigue.
What started as a “tongue-in-cheek” request quickly spiralled into a heated debate on line about whether putting down influencers could really be considered a feminist issue, and whether influencers still have the same hold on social media users the way they once did.
Today on Commotion, internet culture reporters Madison Malone Kircher and Kat Tenbarge join guest host Amil Niazi to talk about the outsized reaction, and whether the age of the influencer is over.
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You can listen to the full discussion from today’s show on CBC Listen or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, available wherever you get your podcasts.
Panel produced by Jean Kim.
