04:189:102 Lecture 15: ITM 10-24-18
27 Oct 2018
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Kids lives are being changed by technology. Taking teen culture and sending it back to them. Social media icons turn likes into money. When kids like something that likes them back they get noticed and gain likes and followers. Making any type of like, comment, or share online you are creating data for companies. Companies use popular figures to advertise their products. Youtube cuts the youtuber some of the money from the ads placed on their videos. Companies need kids to stay online by giving them fame by association. Sending in a picture for a beyonce ad. Kids desire to be social media famous. Famous people get to the point where they have a social media account they can sell. When advertising or promoting companies strategically release different things at certain times. Kids are used to promote advertising by being offered rewards. But they are still working for free of money.
