[cix]

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.

[walterbell]

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/