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Internet celebrity

Index Internet celebrity

An internet celebrity (also referred to as a social media influencer, social media personality, internet personality, or influencer) is an individual who has acquired or developed their fame and notability on the Internet. [1]

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  1. 120 relations: Akadémiai Kiadó, Alibaba Group, Alice Marwick, ASCII Media Works, Attitude (psychology), Austin, Texas, BBC News, Beckii Cruel, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Blog, Box office, Business Insider, Cancel culture, CBS News, Celebrity culture, Censorship in China, Chiara Ferragni, Chinese cuisine, Cinema of the United States, CNN, Content creation, Cover dance, Customer to customer, Cyberbullying, Danceroid, David Dobrik, Direct-to-consumer, Discord, E-commerce, Economy of China, Esports, Facebook, Fan Bingbing, Fyre Festival, Google AdSense, Hololive Production, Influencer marketing, Instagram, Internet, Internet activism, Internet Hall of Fame, Internet meme, Japan, Japanese idol, Jeffree Star, Kadokawa Future Publishing, Keekihime, Kid influencer, Kim Kardashian, Kizuna AI, ... Expand index (70 more) »

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Akadémiai Kiadó

Akadémiai Kiadó is the publishing house of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

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Alibaba Group

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, branded as Alibaba, is a Chinese multinational technology company specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet, and technology.

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Alice Marwick

Alice E. Marwick is a communication scholar, academic, and author, who currently works as an Associate Professor in the Communication department and Principal Researcher at the Center for Information, Technology and Public Life at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an affiliated researcher with the Data and Society Research Institute.

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ASCII Media Works

, formerly, is a Japanese publisher and brand company of Kadokawa Future Publishing headquartered in Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.

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Attitude (psychology)

An attitude "is a summary evaluation of an object of thought.

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Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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Beckii Cruel

Rebecca Anne Flint (born 5 June 1995), better known by her stage name Beckii Cruel, is a British YouTuber, marketing entrepreneur, and former singer.

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Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society

The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society is a research center at Harvard University that focuses on the study of cyberspace.

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Blog

A blog (a truncation of "weblog") is an informational website consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts).

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Box office

A box office or ticket office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event.

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Business Insider

Business Insider (stylized in all caps, shortened to BI, known from 2021 to 2023 as Insider) is a New York City–based multinational financial and business news website founded in 2007.

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Cancel culture

Cancel culture is a cultural phenomenon in which an individual deemed to have acted or spoken in an unacceptable manner is ostracized, boycotted, shunned, fired or assaulted, often aided by social media.

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CBS News

CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio broadcaster CBS.

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Celebrity culture

Celebrity culture is a high-volume exposure to celebrities' personal lives on a global scale. Internet celebrity and celebrity culture are celebrity.

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Censorship in China

Censorship in the People's Republic of China is mandated by the PRC's ruling party, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

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Chiara Ferragni

Chiara Ferragni (born 7 May 1987) is an Italian blogger, businesswoman, fashion designer and model who has collaborated with fashion and beauty brands through her blog The Blonde Salad.

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Chinese cuisine

Chinese cuisine comprises cuisines originating from China, as well as from Chinese people from other parts of the world.

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Cinema of the United States

The cinema of the United States, consisting mainly of major film studios (also known metonymously as Hollywood) along with some independent films, has had a large effect on the global film industry since the early 20th century.

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CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.

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Content creation

Content creation is the act of producing and sharing information or media content for specific audiences, particularly in digital contexts. Internet celebrity and content creation are social media.

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Cover dance

Cover dance (also known as dance cover) is the act of replicating a dance choreography, particularly from Japanese idol or Korean idol music acts and Vocaloid songs.

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Customer to customer

Customer to customer (C2C or consumer to consumer) markets provide a way to allow customers to interact with each other.

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Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying (cyberharassment or online bullying) is a form of bullying or harassment using electronic means.

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Danceroid

Danceroid (stylized as DANCEROID) was a Japanese female net idol dance group affiliated with Beautiful Group talent agency.

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David Dobrik

Dávid Julián Dobrík (born July 23, 1996) is an Internet personality.

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Direct-to-consumer

Direct-to-consumer (DTC or D2C) or business-to-consumer (B2C) is the business model of selling products directly to customers and thereby bypassing any third-party retailers, wholesalers, or middlemen.

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Discord

Discord is an instant messaging and VoIP social platform which allows communication through voice calls, video calls, text messaging, and media.

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E-commerce

E-commerce (electronic commerce) is the activity of electronically buying or selling products on online services or over the Internet.

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Economy of China

China's economy is a developing mixed socialist market economy, incorporating industrial policies and strategic five-year plans.

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Esports

Esports, short for electronic sports, is a form of competition using video games.

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Facebook

Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by American technology conglomerate Meta. Internet celebrity and Facebook are social media.

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Fan Bingbing

Fan Bingbing (born 16 September 1981 in Yantai) is a Chinese actress.

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Fyre Festival

Fyre Festival was a failed luxury music festival organized by Billy McFarland, an American businessman whose enterprises have been characterized by fraud, and American rapper Ja Rule.

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Google AdSense

Google AdSense is a program run by Google through which website publishers in the Google Network of content sites serve text, images, video, or interactive media advertisements that are targeted to the site content and audience.

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Hololive Production

(stylized in lowercase) is a virtual YouTuber agency owned by Japanese tech entertainment company Cover Corporation.

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Influencer marketing

Influencer marketing (also known as influence marketing) is a form of social media marketing involving endorsements and product placement from influencers, people and organizations who have a purported expert level of knowledge or social influence in their field. Internet celebrity and influencer marketing are social influence.

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Instagram

Instagram is a photo and video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms.

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Internet

The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices.

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Internet activism

Internet activism involves the use of electronic-communication technologies such as social media, e-mail, and podcasts for various forms of activism to enable faster and more effective communication by citizen movements, the delivery of particular information to large and specific audiences, as well as coordination.

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Internet Hall of Fame

The Internet Hall of Fame is an honorary lifetime achievement award administered by the Internet Society (ISOC) in recognition of individuals who have made significant contributions to the development and advancement of the Internet.

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Internet meme

An Internet meme, or simply meme, is a cultural item (such as an idea, behaviour, or style) that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Japanese idol

An is a type of entertainer marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality in Japanese pop culture.

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Jeffree Star

Jeffree Star (born Jeffrey Lynn Steininger Jr., November 15, 1985) is an American internet personality, makeup artist, and former singer-songwriter.

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Kadokawa Future Publishing

is the publishing arm of Kadokawa Corporation, publishing manga, novels, light novels, magazines, tabletop role-playing games and other type of content with eight different publishing brand companies that previously merged with it.

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Keekihime

, formerly known as, is an Austrian online streamer, YouTuber, singer, and cosplayer.

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Kid influencer

A kid influencer is someone under the age of 18 who has built or is building a presence on social media platforms creating content to generate views and engagements, that is often sponsored. Internet celebrity and kid influencer are internet celebrities.

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Kim Kardashian

Kimberly Noel Kardashian (born October 21, 1980) is an American media personality, socialite, businesswoman, and actress.

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Kizuna AI

is a Japanese virtual YouTuber (VTuber) currently part of Kizuna AI Inc., a subsidiary of digital entertainment company Activ8.

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Kodansha

is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo.

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Li Ziqi (vlogger)

Li Ziqi (c; pinyin: Lǐ Zǐqī; born 6 July 1990), is a Chinese video blogger, entrepreneur, and Internet celebrity.

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Lifestyle (social sciences)

Lifestyle is the interests, opinions, behaviours, and behavioural orientations of an individual, group, or culture.

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Lifestyle guru

Lifestyle gurus (also called lifestyle coaches, lifestyle trainers, lifestyle consultants) trained people to understand how they can make themselves happier through changes in their lifestyle.

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List of Internet phenomena

Internet phenomena are social and cultural phenomena specific to the Internet, such as Internet memes, which include popular catchphrases, images, viral videos, and jokes.

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Meetup

Meetup is a social media platform for hosting and organizing in-person and virtual activities, gatherings, and events for people and communities of similar interests, hobbies, and professions.

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Merchandising

Merchandising is any practice which contributes to the sale of products to a retail consumer.

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Michael Weist

Michael Gordon Weist III is an American talent manager, producer, and actor.

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MrBeast

James Stephen "Jimmy" Donaldson (born May 7, 1998), better known by his online alias MrBeast, is an American YouTuber.

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NEET

A NEET, an acronym for "Not in Education, Employment, or Training", is a person who is unemployed and not receiving an education or vocational training.

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New York (magazine)

New York is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, with a particular emphasis on New York City.

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Newsweek

Newsweek is a weekly news magazine.

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Niconico

, known before 2012 as, is a Japanese video sharing service based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Notability

Notability is the property of being worthy of notice, having fame, or being considered to be of a high degree of interest, significance, or distinction. Internet celebrity and Notability are celebrity.

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Online streamer

An online streamer or live streamer is a type of social media influencer who broadcasts themselves online through a live stream to an audience.

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Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Gail Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954), known mononymously as Oprah, is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor.

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Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music.

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Parasocial interaction

Parasocial interaction (PSI) refers to a kind of psychological relationship experienced by an audience in their mediated encounters with performers in the mass media, particularly on television and on online platforms. Internet celebrity and Parasocial interaction are social influence.

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Personal branding

Personal branding is the conscious and intentional effort to create and influence public perception of an individual by positioning them as an authority in their industry, elevating their credibility, and differentiating themselves from the competition, to ultimately advance their career, widen their circle of influence, and have a larger impact.

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PewDiePie

Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg (born 24 October 1989), better known as PewDiePie, is a Swedish YouTuber known for his comedic videos.

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Podcast

A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet.

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Promotion (marketing)

In marketing, promotion refers to any type of marketing communication used to inform target audiences of the relative merits of a product, service, brand or issue, persuasively.

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ReadWrite

ReadWrite (originally ReadWriteWeb or RWW) is a Web technology blog launched in 2003, covering Web 2.0 and Web technology in general, and providing industry news, reviews, and analysis.

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Reddit

Reddit is an American social news aggregation, content rating, and forum social network.

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Role model

A role model is a person whose behaviour, example, or success serves as a model to be emulated by others, especially by younger people. Internet celebrity and role model are social influence.

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Rutgers University

Rutgers University, officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey.

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Shueisha

is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.

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Sister Furong

Shi Hengxia (born 1977), better known by her nickname Sister Furong, is a woman from Wugong County, Shaanxi Province, China who received widespread attention in 2005 for her postings on the Internet.

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SixDegrees.com

SixDegrees.com was a social network service web site that initially lasted from 1998 to 2000 and was based on the Web of Contacts model of social networking.

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Snapchat

Snapchat is an American multimedia instant messaging app and service developed by Snap Inc., originally Snapchat Inc.

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Social media

Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the creation, sharing and aggregation of content (such as ideas, interests, and other forms of expression) amongst virtual communities and networks. Internet celebrity and Social media are social influence.

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Social media marketing

Social media marketing is the use of social media platforms and websites to promote a product or service. Internet celebrity and social media marketing are social media.

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Sondos Alqattan

Sondos Alqattan is a Kuwaiti beauty blogger and Internet celebrity who rose to international prominence after posting a video critical of a Kuwaiti government move to provide better protection and working conditions for migrant domestic workers.

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Tana Mongeau

Tana Marie Mongeau (born June 24, 1998) is an American Internet personality.

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Taobao

Taobao is a Chinese online shopping platform.

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Testimonial

In promotion and advertising, a testimonial or show consists of a person's written or spoken statement extolling the virtue of a product.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.

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Thammasat University

Thammasat University (TU; มธ.; มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์) is a public research university in Thailand with campuses in Tha Phra Chan, Rangsit, Pattaya and Lampang Province.

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The Daily Texan

The Daily Texan is the student newspaper of the University of Texas at Austin.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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TikTok

TikTok, whose mainland Chinese counterpart is Douyin, is a short-form video hosting service owned by Chinese internet company ByteDance.

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Twitch (service)

Twitch is an American video live-streaming service that focuses on video game live streaming, including broadcasts of esports competitions, in addition to offering music broadcasts, creative content, and "in real life" streams.

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Twitter

X, commonly referred to by its former name Twitter, is a social networking service.

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University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas.

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Usenet personality

A Usenet personality was a particular kind of Internet celebrity, being an individual who gained a certain level of notoriety from posting on Usenet, a global network of computer users with a vast array of topics for discussion. Internet celebrity and Usenet personality are celebrity and internet celebrities.

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User-generated content

User-generated content (UGC), alternatively known as user-created content (UCC), is generally any form of content, such as images, videos, audio, text, testimonials, and software (e.g. video game mods), that has been posted by users on online content aggregation platforms such as social media, discussion forums and wikis.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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Viber

Viber, or Rakuten Viber, is a cross-platform voice over IP (VoIP) and instant messaging (IM) software application owned by Japanese multinational company Rakuten, provided as freeware for the Google Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS and Linux platforms. Internet celebrity and Viber are social media.

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VidCon

VidCon is an annual convention for influencers, fans, executives, and online brands.

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Video game

A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality headset.

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Video game livestreaming

The live streaming of video games is an activity where people broadcast themselves playing games to a live audience online.

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Viral phenomenon

Viral phenomena or viral sensation are objects or patterns that are able to replicate themselves or convert other objects into copies of themselves when these objects are exposed to them. Internet celebrity and viral phenomenon are cultural trends and social influence.

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Viral video

A viral video is a video that becomes popular through a viral process of Internet sharing, typically through video sharing websites such as YouTube as well as social media and email.

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Virtual influencer

A virtual influencer, also known as a virtual persona or virtual model, is a computer-generated fictional character that can be used for a variety of marketing-related purposes, but most frequently for social media marketing in lieu of human "influencers". Internet celebrity and virtual influencer are internet celebrities and social media.

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Vlog

A vlog, also known as a video blog or video log, is a form of blog for which the medium is video.

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VSCO

VSCO, formerly known as VSCO Cam, is a photography mobile app for iOS and Android devices.

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VShojo

VShojo (officially VShojo, Inc.) is an American talent agency that focuses on promoting VTuber content creators based in San Francisco, California.

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VTuber

A or is an online entertainer who uses a virtual avatar generated using computer graphics. Internet celebrity and VTuber are cultural trends.

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Wanghong economy

The wanghong economy refers to the Chinese digital economy based on influencer marketing through social media platforms.

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Website

A website (also written as a web site) is a collection of web pages and related content that is identified by a common domain name and published on at least one web server.

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WeChat

WeChat or Weixin in Chinese is a Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. First released in 2011, it became the world's largest standalone mobile app in 2018 with over 1 billion monthly active users. WeChat has been described as China's "app for everything" and a super-app because of its wide range of functions.

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Weekly Playboy

, also known as or WPB, is a Japanese weekly magazine published by Shueisha since 1966.

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Weibo

Weibo, previously Sina Weibo, is a Chinese microblogging (weibo) website.

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WhatsApp

WhatsApp (officially WhatsApp Messenger) is an instant messaging (IM) and voice-over-IP (VoIP) service owned by technology conglomerate Meta. Internet celebrity and WhatsApp are social media.

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Wired (magazine)

Wired (stylized in all caps) is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics.

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World Wide Web

The World Wide Web (WWW or simply the Web) is an information system that enables content sharing over the Internet through user-friendly ways meant to appeal to users beyond IT specialists and hobbyists.

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YouTube

YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google. Internet celebrity and YouTube are social media.

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YouTuber

A YouTuber is a type of content creator and social media influencer who uploads or creates videos on the online video-sharing website YouTube, typically posting to their personal YouTube channel.

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Zach Anner

Zach Anner (born November 17, 1984) is an American comedian, actor, and writer with cerebral palsy who gained worldwide attention with the submission of a video to Oprah Winfrey's "Search for the Next TV Star" competition.

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Zhang Dayi

Zhang Dayi (张大奕) (born 25 October 1988) is a fashion entrepreneur/ designer who is a very successful internet celebrity on Sina Weibo and other sites in China.

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See also

Internet celebrities

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_celebrity

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