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Can You Trust Influencers on YouTube?

Season 2 Episode 18 | 8m 31s

YouTube has been around for over a decade now, and it’s WAY more of a business now than anyone could have imagined. Enter the influencer -- a social media personality with a homegrown fan base that they’ve been interacting with for years. Brands love them, and are paying influencers top dollar to promote their products. Can you trust what’s on YouTube?

Aired: 09/06/18
Extras
Myles Bess breaks down some common thinking traps and some tips on how to manage them.
Everyday the entire world is constantly consuming the same drug! That’s right – caffeine!
How do you feel about the design tricks that social media apps use?
Have We Lost Our Individuality On Social Media?
What REALLY Happens To Our Old Electronics?
Why Is Gen Z Rejecting the U.S. Military?
Does lab grown meat help solve the environmental impacts of our meat-eating society?
Explore health impacts of freeways and looks at removing them as a potential solution.
Myles Bess explores the psychology of parasocial relationships.
Are private jets really as bad for climate change as all the hype? Myles explores the data
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Myles Bess breaks down some common thinking traps and some tips on how to manage them.
Everyday the entire world is constantly consuming the same drug! That’s right – caffeine!
How do you feel about the design tricks that social media apps use?
Have We Lost Our Individuality On Social Media?
What REALLY Happens To Our Old Electronics?
Why Is Gen Z Rejecting the U.S. Military?
Does lab grown meat help solve the environmental impacts of our meat-eating society?
Explore health impacts of freeways and looks at removing them as a potential solution.
Myles Bess explores the psychology of parasocial relationships.
Are private jets really as bad for climate change as all the hype? Myles explores the data