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Bad Influence : Reflections on a Life Lived Online

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'An ideal summer read' EVENING STANDARD

'Equal parts insightful and entertaining - whatever your take on influencers, Bad Influence is a great read' YOMI ADEGOKE
Oenone didn't set out to become an influencer. The word barely existed when she started posting on Instagram at university to document her 'fitness journey' after a toxic relationship came to a messy end. In this humorous meditation on her digitized life, Oenone chronicles the pits and peaks of coming of age online. Grappling with modern-day issues on a public stage - from body image and personal boundaries to the limitations of online activism, Bad Influence examines what happens when your day-to-day reality becomes #content - and that #content pays your bills. It asks: can you truly be authentic online? Can social media be a force for good? Is it necessarily bad for our mental health? Written with wit, warmth and honesty, this is a candid account of what it really means to be an influencer, from someone still figuring it out: the good, the bad and the instagrammable. 'Warm, juicy, and eye-opening, like having a chat with a best friend' ANNIE LORD 'If ever a book captured the zeitgeist, this is it' GRACE CAMPBELL 'Funny, warm and brilliantly engaging' LUCY VINE

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781529423914
  • ISBN-10: 1529423910
  • Publisher: Arcadia
  • Publish Date: October 2024
  • Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.35 pounds
  • Page Count: 320

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