Social-media popularity amplifies high-school popularity into mainstream celebrity

Evidence

Instafame resembles popularity, but where high school social dynamics are limited by locale, Instafamous people like Friesz have the potential to reach an audience that rivals that of television networks in size, what we might call a mass audience. In this way, high school social dynamics in general, and popularity in particular, are amplified until they graduate into something that looks more like mainstream celebrity. — Alice E. Marwick, Instafame, 52

Categorization

• DEFINE: This crisply defines Instafame as high-school popularity amplified to mass-audience scale — a clean conceptual anchor.
• XREF: connects to: Open-ended social media platforms let non-mainstream individuals attain popularity. — Alice E. Marwick, Instafame: Luxury Selfies in the…, 5; Online mockery of outsiders can convert into mainstream fame opportunities — W. David Marx, Blank Space: A Cultural History of the…, 286; Social media triggers unprecedented intensity of social comparison among the young. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1472 (+3 more)

Related

• Open-ended social media platforms let non-mainstream individuals attain popularity. (similarity 0.87)
• Everyone can attain fame before a small networked audience rather than mass fame (similarity 0.81)
• Internet celebrity now spans many distinct forms beyond intentional self-branding (similarity 0.79)
• Instafame means having a relatively large follower count on Instagram (similarity 0.79)
• Social media popularity created an attention-based status hierarchy parallel to engineering wealth (similarity 0.79)
• Microcelebrity status on Instagram can arise without an obvious platform or talent (similarity 0.78)
• Traditional celebrity rests on achievement or position but fame itself has other sources (similarity 0.78)
• Online fame remains fractional in value and resources compared to traditional stardom. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Social media popularity created an attention-based status hierarchy parallel to engineering wealth #expands (0.82) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 175
• Online mockery of outsiders can convert into mainstream fame opportunities #corroborates (0.78) — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 286
• Traditional media recruit viral everyday users into celebrity roles #corroborates (0.78) — Crystal Abidin, Internet Celebrity, 184
• Social media triggers unprecedented intensity of social comparison among the young. #complicates (0.75) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1472
• Traditional media recruit internet celebrities to borrow their younger audiences #corroborates (0.70) — Crystal Abidin, Internet Celebrity, 192