The Rise and Tumble of the Tumblr Teen

In her article "The Secret Lives of Tumblr Teens," Elspeth Reeve tells the stories of some of Tumblr's most popular bloggers -kids who started their blogs in high school, made a ton of money and then inexplicably disappeared. In this episode we talk to Reeve about what she discovered when she went looking for these teens and what that can tell you about Tumblr and the teenage child stars of the Internet. Read Reeve's article here: Credits: Produced by Daniel Dennis Jones and Elizabeth Gillis Music by Dave Depper ("Rare Groove," "Sharpie," "Heartstrings"), Podington Bear ("Golden Hour") and Anitek ("Beta Blocker")

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The Rise and Tumble of the Tumblr Teen is an episode from Radio Berkman by Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.

This episode is 00:15:10 long.

This episode was published on Mar 10, 2016.

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