https://fixingsocialmedia.mit.edu/2020/03/30/a-new-bot-on-the-block-the-rise-of-virtual-influencers-and-what-it-means-for-our-online-communities/ MAS S.67 // Spring 2020 Tue, 19 May 2020 20:52:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.1 https://fixingsocialmedia.mit.edu/2020/03/30/a-new-bot-on-the-block-the-rise-of-virtual-influencers-and-what-it-means-for-our-online-communities/#comment-24 Sat, 11 Apr 2020 19:59:27 +0000 https://fixingsocialmedia.mit.edu/?p=578#comment-24 Digital influencers are a fascinating phenomenon, and absolutely worth examination. It’s interesting to me that the healthiest of the communities you mention here is one you only scratch the surface of – Hakune Mitsu. I’m curious where you see the community to be around Lil Miquela, for instance – is it the group of people debating questions of race and agency around her? Or is it the (very small) community of people who are creating these presences and interacting them with one another? It’s a fascinating place to dig, but I’d love to see more work exploring where an individual artist’s creation ends and community begins.

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