The Christchurch attack was a terrorist event for the social media age. We need to address this situation on multiple levels to minimise the harm done.
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WSJ busts prominent YouTuber PewDiePie for anti-semitic content
A prominent YouTuber has lost a lucrative contract: Since August, PewDiePie has posted nine videos that include anti-Semitic jokes or Nazi imagery, according to a review of his channel by The Wall Street Journal. On Monday after the Journal contacted…
This is why I don't do YouTube
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Life in the YouTube celeb bubble
Blogosphere's lead interview gives us an insight into life inside the influencer bubble - and how the Mail views it, too…
YouTube woos creators with social network features
People often think of YouTube as social media, but it’s never really been a social network. Sure you could subscribe to a creator’s channel, but it was a very one-way, broadcast relationship. That might be changing – a little…
Social media sanity checks the Rogue One way
It’s not hard to find this adorable: Yes, it’s the CGI team from Industrial Light & Magic, watching reaction videos to the [trailer for *Rogue One*](http://www.starwars.com/video/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-official-teaser-trailer), the forthcoming *Star Wars* movie. In a…
Gaming vlogger PewDiePie is teaming with Disney to launch a new network
Gaming vlogger PewDiePie is teaming with Disney to launch a new network Further evidence that the YouTube celebrity phenomenon is rapidly growing in a parallel media industry, that is then cross-breeding with traditional media: After racking up over 10 billion…
Influence and power in the age of the YouTube celebrity
YouTube celebrities – like comicbookgirl19 above – are the fastest growing media stars of our age, yet a group much of the mainstream media seems utterly unaware of. There’s an interesting piece arguing that female YouTube celebrities have greater influence amongst…