+1. photoshops and deep fakes are shiny objects web companies and journos outside of the verification and intel space like to talk about but a lot of media manipulation starts with real content framed to amplify division. Hate Engine Optimization - HEO is a thing. https://t.co/ponAJslJp7— David Clinch (@DavidClinchNews) January 24, 2019
Alternative occupation:
New: Sky News reporters have just been told 32 cameras and microphones are being installed all around their newsrooms. Sky News is going to livestream everything that happens in the newsroom online and on a dedicated channel from 5:30am to 10:30pm, calling it “Sky News Raw”.— Mark Di Stefano 🤙🏻 (@MarkDiStef) January 24, 2019
And from a thread discussing China's influencer incubators:
Thread: Looking at China illuminates just how nascent the US “influencer stack” is. While the US continues to debate whether influencer marketing is even effective, China has an entire industry of influencer incubators who work end-to-end to turn individuals into big businesses.— Li Jin (@ljin18) January 24, 2019
Its biggest star is Zhang Dayi, a fashion blogger who signed with Ruhan in 2014. Under Ruhan’s management, Zhang Dayi's Weibo account grew from 250K to 4M+ followers in the first 18 months.— Li Jin (@ljin18) January 24, 2019