What Adam Aleksic has said about Surveillance capitalism
1 quote · 1 episode · Aug 21, 2026
Adam Aleksic, Linguist and TikTok creator featured in part two of the series, has been quoted on Surveillance capitalism 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 cites TikTok's 2021 business page as treating subcultures as targetable demographics.
“If you look at TikTok's business page in 2021, it says that subcultures are the new demographics”
TED Radio Hour: How the creator economy is making you talk like the internet (Aug 21, 2026) · Listen from 40:13
Episodes
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.
Adam Aleksic on other topics
- Social media algorithms · 5 quotes
- Internet slang · 3 quotes
- Unalive · 2 quotes
- Creator economy · 2 quotes
- Manosphere · 1 quote
- Media theory · 1 quote
- Cottagecore and aesthetic subcultures · 1 quote
- Influencer accents · 1 quote