Influencer Creep & The Return of Banal Vlogging

How did an early YouTube vlog style return to popularity after a generation of TikTok and YouTube creators including Emma Chamberlain and Charli D'amelio went mainstream? On today's episode, Jamie and Josh discuss how early YouTube creators like Tyler Oakley pivoted from creating content for family and friends to developing a public personality that came to define influencer culture at-large – and how a new generation of creators are documenting the banal and mundane in their content. Show notes and resources Vlog Like Nobody's Watching - Kate Fowler sunday in edinburgh - Whatzaraloves Raindrop - Tyler Oakley Influencer Culture is Everywher – Even in Academia - Brooke Erin Duffy The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life - Erving Goffman Follow Digital Void Substack: https://substack.com/@digitalvoid Twitter: https://twitter.com/digivoidmedia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitalvoid.media Press: hello at digitalvoid dot media Credits Hosted by Josh Chapdelaine Audio edited and mixed by Josh Chapdelaine Digital Void Podcast is a production of Digital Void, LLC. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.