Read More“It’s not that I’m fond of dropping Easter Eggs, it’s just that I find that the best art — and I do make art, thank you very much — the best art makes you feel personally addressed. It makes you think, ‘they’re talking to me’. I want to reference that I know that you know that I know.” — Matty Healy
Creators — like Hank Green and Brittany Browski and everyone in between — look to their audiences for feedback, direction, and guidance on how to act, what to say, what to make, and how to keep the audience “happy.”
If these relationships were interpersonal, they would be unhealthy and dysfunctional.
Yet, the nature of the relationship is parasocial — an abnormal relationship. But they are interacting telesocially — at a distance and heavily mediated by technology and its context.
If we can understand the dynamics at play for our favorite creators and makers performing for us, would we not be in a better position to make the relationship healthier?
Read MoreIn this episode of Sure, It’s a Podcast, let’s explore why creators and users are moving away from centralized social media networks and the impact of these changes might have on the creative industries.
Read MoreAnd this is what drives me crazy. People don’t hate social media. They hate their relationship with it — a twisted, loud reflection of their relationship with themselves colliding with others’ relationships with social media and each other.
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