Graduation Year
2022
Date of Submission
4-2022
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Philosophy
Reader 1
Dr. Briana Toole
Rights Information
2022 Laura A Brenalvirez
Abstract
This thesis explores the phenomena of influencers in America, and what makes their power distinct from institutional forms of authority. As we are disillusioned by the establishment, we turn to influencers, since we have greater exercise of autonomy and agency in our deference. Our parasocial relationships demonstrate an anti-elitist desire to feel truly represented by our authorities. I aim to open scholarship about celebrities through a more charitable lens than many condescending takes.
Recommended Citation
Brenalvirez, Laura, "The Power of the Influencer: Old Gods, Rejected Elites, and Secular Idols" (2022). CMC Senior Theses. 2945.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/2945
