Internet celebrity includes non-human formats and spans fame or infamy

Evidence

Internet celebrity refers to all media formats (people, products, icons, figures, etc.) that attain prominence and popularity native to the internet, although the spillover effects and afterlives may include cross-border flows outside of the internet. Internet celebrities are mainly known for their high visibility, whether this be attributed to fame or infamy, positive or negative attention, talent and skill or otherwise, and whether it be sustained or transient, intentional or by happenstance, monetized or not. — Crystal Abidin, Internet Celebrity, 92

Categorization

• DEFINE: Broadens the definition beyond people to products, icons, and figures, and beyond positivity to infamy.
• XREF: connects to: Internet celebrities were literally commodified as trading-card celebrities — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 200; Anti-fans build elaborate archives of a hated micro-celebrity’s texts — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 389; Internet celebrity is broader and older than the contemporary influencer industry — Crystal Abidin, Internet Celebrity: Understanding Fame…, 61 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Mundane everyday skills can generate internet celebrity rivaling elite talents #expands (0.80) — Crystal Abidin, Internet Celebrity, 134