A review by shelbymccarty
Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet by Taylor Lorenz
informative
slow-paced
3.5
EXTREMELY ONLINE is a well-catalogued story of the rise of social media, creators, and content monetization. Lorenz does a detailed job of telling the story of major social media platforms and how they interacted with the creator and content producing communities. This does make the book a tad repetitive because it’s similar stories of different platforms.
I think it was really lacking some commentary on parasocial relationships because they were mentioned in passing and with no depth.
Personally, I would’ve appreciated some more of the psychology of it all, but I get that’s not exactly what she was out to do.
Overall, interesting and enjoyable!
I think it was really lacking some commentary on parasocial relationships because they were mentioned in passing and with no depth.
Personally, I would’ve appreciated some more of the psychology of it all, but I get that’s not exactly what she was out to do.
Overall, interesting and enjoyable!