
‘The Mozart of the attention economy’: why MrBeast is the world’s biggest YouTube star
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The Morality of Entertainment in the Attention Economy
This chapter explores the duality of a popular YouTube creator's content, where joyous excess meets moral ambiguity. It critiques the intersection of philanthropy and entertainment, particularly examining the ethical implications of transforming serious medical interventions into spectacles for viewer engagement.
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