What it’s Really Like to Be An Influencer

Dear Hollywood

Alyson Stoner

Society & Culture

4.9 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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As Alyson prepares listeners to examine Kidfluencing, they share their own personal foray into the digital media landscape at the dawn of Twitter, Instagram and TikTok. From learning the “art” of clickbait to navigating unpredictable algorithms, they ran a makeshift production company and found themselves struggling with deeper ethical questions around this emerging industry. As an independent podcast, your support means a lot. Subscribe and follow @alysonstoner to join the conversation. New episodes every Friday. 50% off Movement Genius for 250+ classes and tools to care for your mind, body and emotions: https://bit.ly/DearHollywood50

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0:00.0	I know what it is. This is like Ronald McDonald.
0:05.6	That's what this is. That's what this look is.
0:08.6	Dear Hollywood, what it's really like to be an influencer.
0:12.8	What does it like to be an influencer.
0:17.4	What does it mean to be an influencer anyway? I figured it could be helpful to start with my experience of becoming a quote unquote influencer which is a tale of severe
0:26.2	reluctance and feeling embarrassed to be associated with the word initially but this
0:31.2	will hopefully help us contextualize the role social media plays for
0:34.9	Hollywood performers including the present generation of child actors and then
0:39.7	as I explained my transition into full-time content creation, we can get to know this other segment
0:45.8	of kids who went straight through the gates of Influencer Land.
0:49.9	They did not pass go, they did not collect $200.
0:53.3	Once upon a time, Camp Rock became a traveling music tour.
0:58.2	Papa Jonas had each of us make a Twitter account to promote the tour and get people excited.
1:03.7	He explained there'd be this component called followers.
1:07.2	People could follow you.
1:09.2	Well, as a teen, I remember telling Joe, I predict in a few years everyone's going to be obsessed with gaining
1:15.7	followers but no one's going to focus on what it means to lead.
1:19.7	We'll forsake quality for views. Pretty astute baby stoner. I recognized an upside to
1:26.7	social media which was that everyone could have a microphone and be heard, not
1:30.9	just celebrities, but I also recognize the downside, which was everybody
1:36.8	could have a microphone and be heard. With little to no quality control or fact-checking or training in how to be a responsible public figure.
1:47.0	Admit it. Social media is kind of like a global choir, but everyone's singing in a different key and off key.
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