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TikTok’s Domestic Dream: Stay-at-Home Moms

Karla D. Galvan, The University of Texas at San Antonio

TikTok stay-at-home moms construct a narrative of domestic bliss, perfect parenting, and enviable lifestyles that shapes perceptions of modern motherhood.…

January 6, 2024

in an article about family vloggers, jordan cheyenne taking a selfie

Family Vloggers Must Be Stopped

Maria Merlo, Eastern Michigan University

Influencers hold nothing sacred. Their children are just another product to be sacrificed to the content mill.…

September 14, 2022

Image of productivity vlogger Hannah Elise studying on a laptop on her bed with notebooks surrounding her

Productivity Vloggers Are Lending a Sense of Direction to Quarantine

Srishti Tyagi, Cornell University

YouTube is the first place most students go to procrastinate, but now the platform might hold the key to productivity.…

September 2, 2020

Kylie Flavell Does It All Herself in Her Inspirational Travel Videos

Renee Cantor, University of Pittsburgh

The filmmaker's entirely self-made content celebrates the beauty of the world and its people, as well as inspires viewers to fulfill their dreams.…

August 18, 2020

Why You Need to Be Watching ‘Sugar Pine 7’

Marissa Cortes, Stony Brook University

The hilarious YouTube series, created by former SourceFed host Steven Suptic, is a sharply modern blend of irony, eccentricity and d.i.y. videography.…

August 10, 2017

Forget Reality TV, These Vloggers Show the Real Real Life

Michelle Criqui, James Madison University

For better or for worse, vlogs are the ultimate intersection of intimacy and entertainment.…

July 4, 2016

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