D_Baric_Conference Paper
Abstract
This paper argues that right-wing communities are nurtured through the affordances of the YouTube platform. The audiovisual nature of content hosted on YouTube creates strong relationships between viewers and creators, supporting an influencer culture that has been adopted by right-wing creators, or “political influencers.” The communities that exist to support political influencers are aided by YouTube’s other affordances, including a micro celebrity Read more [...]
D_Baric_Conference Paper
Abstract
This paper argues that right-wing communities are nurtured through the affordances of the YouTube platform. The audiovisual nature of content hosted on YouTube creates strong relationships between viewers and creators, supporting an influencer culture that has been adopted by right-wing creators, or “political influencers.” The communities that exist to support political influencers are aided by YouTube’s other affordances, including a micro celebrity Read more [...]