EOTO Reflection

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    The EOTO topic I enjoyed the most was Online Influencers. I found this topic super interesting to add in with the rest of the topics because they really are an important part of how we as a society consume media. An Online Influencer is a person on social media who in most cases markets themselves on the internet and social media platforms. Before the start of Youtube in 2005, being an online influencer was not a job as we know it today. With the way YouTube was designed people were able to create an income off of ad revenue from videos. Once the greater public realized that you can make money off of content creation, people from all over the globe with all types of interests joined the space creating a wave of influencers. YouTube users could watch ordinary people gain immense about of fame and fortune just by posting a weekly video. Fast forward a couple of year, with the popularity of Instagram and TikTok, it is getting easier and easier for people to gain a following and make a couple bucks off their social media platforms. 


    It's a crazy world we're living in. 








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