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"Travel Blogging is a part-time job and full-time dream", Social networking has allowed people to attain sponsors which enables them to travel the world and showcase the amazing cultures that follow. Social media has allowed these bloggers to expand globally and has helped many tourists around the world. I personally used blogs to find my favorite restaurants or the best spots to take photos in a landmark.
Although once people find out about these blogs, it can cause harm. Local spots have more demand compared to a few years ago which usually downplays the quality of the food as they need more quantity over quality. I have seen my favorite restaurants in the Lower East Side transform from authentic Chinese food to the seriously grossly plain or overly sweet Char Siu. The neighborhood I currently live in developed from beer wholesalers to now galleries where you pay 28$ for a basic picture for Instagram. With a saturated market in travel bloggers, it leads to "junk content". Sponsors are now marketing their bloggers as advertisements by blurring the lines between editorial and advertising.
Social Networking has now made everyone an "Instagram Star". Every photo I see feels generic unlike the more realistic and unique ones. What happened to the days where people did not look at their phones all day and instead looked at their partners on a date. The social network has diminished our attention span to constantly looking at social media to compare our selves and never enjoy the beauty of the present.
Source:
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-surprising-downside-of-being-paid-to-travel-the-world-2017-5
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/travel/travel-blogging-today-its-complicated.html
Although once people find out about these blogs, it can cause harm. Local spots have more demand compared to a few years ago which usually downplays the quality of the food as they need more quantity over quality. I have seen my favorite restaurants in the Lower East Side transform from authentic Chinese food to the seriously grossly plain or overly sweet Char Siu. The neighborhood I currently live in developed from beer wholesalers to now galleries where you pay 28$ for a basic picture for Instagram. With a saturated market in travel bloggers, it leads to "junk content". Sponsors are now marketing their bloggers as advertisements by blurring the lines between editorial and advertising.
Social Networking has now made everyone an "Instagram Star". Every photo I see feels generic unlike the more realistic and unique ones. What happened to the days where people did not look at their phones all day and instead looked at their partners on a date. The social network has diminished our attention span to constantly looking at social media to compare our selves and never enjoy the beauty of the present.
Source:
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-surprising-downside-of-being-paid-to-travel-the-world-2017-5
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/travel/travel-blogging-today-its-complicated.html
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