What Adam Aleksic has said about Influencer accents
1 quote · 1 episode · Aug 21, 2026
Adam Aleksic, Linguist and TikTok creator featured in part two of the series, has been quoted on Influencer accents once in 1 episode of TED Radio Hour, most recently on August 21, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Aleksic argues that influencer accents spread through human bias toward social prestige, reflected in scrolling behavior, rather than through algorithms detecting intonation.
“No, I don't think the algorithm is picking up on accent intonations. I think there is actual human bias toward social prestige”
TED Radio Hour: How the creator economy is making you talk like the internet (Aug 21, 2026) · Listen from 31:21
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How the creator economy is making you talk like the internetTED Radio Hour · Aug 21, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi talks with linguist and creator Adam Aleksic about how social media algorithms shape slang, influencer speech, identity and politics.
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