Social Media Expert Grygiel on Logan Paul’s Loyal Followers

After a severely controversial video landed him in a global hot seat, YouTube star Logan Paul could still find support from his online followers. According to Newhouse Professor Jennifer Grygiel, who spoke with CNet about this issue, because of YouTube’s massive followers, this was inevitable.

“If this happened on broadcast, you’d just lose your show; it’d be all over,” she said. “But on YouTube, there’s blowback, there’s a slap on the wrist, the dust settles, and then they’re back in action.”

“They don’t actually have any loss of privileges,” she added.