Aftermath: Social Media Shaping Narratives

Social media has the power to shape one, or millions, of perspectives. This is because of the technique people use in order to tell their story and how it is broadcasted. TanaCon became known from YouTube, and its downfall was spread all across different forms of social media. Tana Mongeau is known for a certain image, but usually not the person that is coined "redemption character" because most of her scandals have made her lose fans, and not gain them. Though, there is a lot of privilege that comes with the stance that Tana has. She is young, white, and female and for the most part, a person can have a lot of power just by being white.

In Tana's case, she is a prominent figure on the internet, is white, and is female. She has an audience that follows and caters to her. This presence is already biased to her, and therefore, this could definitely be a reason as to why she did not suffer too many consequences regarding the failure of TanaCon. Her reputation remains the same, yet it appears to be a small "blip" in her resume. As opposed to Michael Weist, he is nowhere to be found or heard of, and he was socially rejected in person and also on the internet.

With Shane Dawson's documentary trilogy on the events of TanaCon, it showed that Shane was both biased in favor of helping Tana, but also willing to tell the whole story from both sides. It is both frustrating and complicated. The perspective from the many documentaries that were released about TanaCon are either from Shane, Tana, or Michael, themselves. Their own videos have been edited and doctored, therefore the real truth is unknown.