Surveillance capitalism
Subject in Technology
Surveillance capitalism has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including TED Radio Hour. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Adam AleksicLinguist and TikTok creator featured in part two of the series
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
Podcasts
- TED Radio Hour · 1 episode
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.