NewsPronto

 
The Times Real Estate

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

In the $250B influencer industry, being a hater can be the only way to rein in bad behavior

  • Written by Jessica Maddox, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Creative Media, University of Alabama
imageInfluencer Alix Earle, a self-described 'hot mess,' has legions of online haters.Greg Doherty/Getty Images for Revolve

Since 2020, content creator Remi Bader had accumulated millions of TikTok followers by offering her opinions on the fits of popular clothing brands as a plus-size woman.

In 2023, however, Bader appeared noticeably thinner. When some...

Read more: In the $250B influencer industry, being a hater can be the only way to rein in bad behavior

More Articles ...

  1. From the Chinese Exclusion Act to pro-Palestinian activists: The evolution of politically motivated deportations
  2. AI is giving a boost to efforts to monitor health via radar
  3. Forensics tool ‘reanimates’ the ‘brains’ of AIs that fail in order to understand what went wrong
  4. What is a downburst? These winds can be as destructive as tornadoes − we recreate them to test building designs
  5. How rising wages for construction workers are shifting the foundations of the housing market
  6. Bees, fish and plants show how climate change’s accelerating pace is disrupting nature in 2 key ways
  7. How a reading group helped young German students defy the Nazis and find their faith
  8. ‘Agreeing to disagree’ is hurting your relationships – here’s what to do instead
  9. Young bats learn to be discriminating when listening for their next meal
  10. RFK Jr. said many autistic people will never write a poem − even though there’s a rich history of neurodivergent poets and writers
  11. Whooping cough is making a comeback, but the vaccine provides powerful protection
  12. No whistleblower is an island – why networks of allies are key to exposing corruption
  13. From cats and dogs to penguins and llamas, treating animals with acupuncture has become mainstream in veterinary medicine
  14. The ‘sacramental shame’ many LGBTQ+ conservative Christians wrestle with – and how they find healing
  15. Almost Zion: Remembering a short-lived Jewish state in New York
  16. Spider-Man’s lessons for us all on the responsibility to use our power, great or small, to do good
  17. Disinformation and other forms of ‘sharp power’ now sit alongside the ‘hard power’ of tanks and ‘soft power’ of ideas in policy handbook
  18. Florida panthers and black bears need a literal path for survival – here’s how the Florida Wildlife Corridor provides it in one of the fastest-growing US states
  19. How Trump promotes a radical, unscientific theory about sex and gender in the name of opposing ‘gender ideology extremism’
  20. Trump’s first 100 days show him dictating the terms of press coverage − following Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán’s playbook for media control
  21. 50 years later, Vietnam’s environment still bears the scars of war – and signals a dark future for Gaza and Ukraine
  22. Trump administration’s attempt to nix the labor rights of thousands of federal workers on ‘national security’ grounds furthers the GOP’s long-held anti-union agenda
  23. Bureaucrats get a bad rap, but they deserve more credit − a sociologist of work explains why
  24. Italy’s Meloni is positioning herself as bridge between EU and Trump – but will it work?
  25. Pope Francis filled the College of Cardinals with a diverse group of men – and they’ll be picking his successor
  26. Granular systems, such as sandpiles or rockslides, are all around you − new research will help scientists describe how they work
  27. Cancer research in the US is world class because of its broad base of funding − with the government pulling out, its future is uncertain
  28. Detroit’s lack of affordable housing pushes families to the edge - and children sometime pay the price
  29. How does soap keep you clean? A chemist explains the science of soap
  30. Tensions over Kashmir and a warming planet have placed the Indus Waters Treaty on life support
  31. In talking with Tehran, Trump is reversing course on Iran – could a new nuclear deal be next?
  32. Colors are objective, according to two philosophers − even though the blue you see doesn’t match what I see
  33. Florida, once considered a swing state, is firmly Republican – a social anthropologist explains what caused this shift
  34. ‘Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence’ − an astronomer explains how much evidence scientists need to claim discoveries like extraterrestrial life
  35. Trump’s ‘Garden of American Heroes’ is a monument to celebrity and achievement – paid for with humanities funding that benefits everyday Americans
  36. Hotter and drier climate in Colorado’s San Luis Valley contributes to kidney disease in agriculture workers, new study shows
  37. Japanese women have long sacrificed their surnames in marriage − politics and demographics might change that
  38. ‘I were but little happy, if I could say how much’: Shakespeare’s insights on happiness have held up for more than 400 years
  39. Why predicting battery performance is like forecasting traffic − and how researchers are making progress
  40. These 4 tips can make screen time good for your kids and even help them learn to talk
  41. Trump’s aggressive actions against free speech speak a lot louder than his words defending it
  42. Memes and conflict: Study shows surge of imagery and fakes can precede international and political violence
  43. Pope Francis’ death right after Easter sounds miraculous – but patients and caregivers often work together to delay dying
  44. US colleges and universities have billions stashed away in endowments − a higher ed finance expert explains what they are
  45. Gratitude comes with benefits − a social psychologist explains how to practice it when times are stressful
  46. Alaska, rich in petroleum, faces an energy shortage
  47. How do children learn to read? This literacy expert says ‘there are as many ways as there are students’
  48. The hidden history of Philadelphia’s window-box gardens and their role in urban reform
  49. Is China the new cool? How Beijing is using pop culture to win the soft power war
  50. From Doing Business to B-READY: World Bank’s new rankings represent a rebrand, not a revamp