What the Success of Jenna Marbles Actually Reveals About Authenticity

Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial. Choose 1 audiobook and 2 Audible Originals absolutely free. Visit http://www.audible.com/psychirl or text psychirl to 500 500.

Jenna Marbles has stayed consistent with her style of content for 10 years. Normally, it seems like not adapting to the platform can result in a loss of viewership over the years, this isn’t the case for Jenna who has over 20 million subscribers and still draws in millions of views. How is this possible? The advice to any aspiring YouTuber is of course the same, be yourself. Hmm will this advice still work today or is this some overrated platitude? The continued success of Jenna Marbles and the rise and fall of many youtubers over the years reveals how skewed our definition of authenticity is. 

Find me Here:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DesigningDonna
Twitter: https://twitter.com/designingdonna
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/psychirl/

Main Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/user/JennaMarbles
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327921860_The_Enigma_of_Being_Yourself_A_Critical_Examination_of_the_Concept_of_Authenticity
http://www.contracostalocalgovtacademy.com/uploads/3/8/1/3/38138031/hbr--authenticity_paradox.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIjI3TmEzrs&t=1s

Видео What the Success of Jenna Marbles Actually Reveals About Authenticity канала Psych IRL