Opinion column writer Ashley Fan has written an article about Internet Celebrities that placed TaraElla in the same category of Natalie Tran and Chris Crocker.
Finally, there are those who have put out a cultural perspective and model different from what mass media has offered recently. This category would include TaraElla (for her fusion of 90s-style clean living pro-family ideals and 60s-style fusion of political progressivism and popular culture), Natalie Tran (for focusing on everyday life rather than the glamorous, and for refusing to go the sex-sells route) and Chris Crocker (for his refreshing small-town gay young man perspective on the world), and most so-called sub-culture leaders. They have allowed us to see the possibility of culture built on ideas and values other than what is offered by mainstream media at this point. Hence, they seem to have a more stable audience. Whilst mainstream media is still so big that it has been able to crowd out these voices for now, I predict that in the future, with more such personas on offer and the growth of their popularity, internet celebrities in this category will give the mainstream media a run for its money.
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