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by walterbell 4343 days ago
On the topic of online buzz, see Ryan Holiday's book, "Trust Me, I'm Lying", https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ryan-holiday/trus...
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cix 4343 days ago
Marketing and propaganda are very similar, if people believe something to be true. It is.

A lot of these famous social accounts aren't even the people in the photos. It's kinda disturbing once you get deep, everything seems so fake.

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walterbell 4343 days ago
Doug Rushkoff & PBS had an episode about this topic, "Generation Like"

http://www.dailydot.com/geek/inside-fandom-media-campaign/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/generation-like/

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