No to Celebrity Exploitation Celebrities have been the eye-candy for mostly all walks of life. Many look up to celebrities whether it’s because of their beauty, talent, and or their accomplishments in life. Because of those reasons, celebrity culture has become one of our national obsessions. We feel the need to know every single thing that happens with all the famous stars, and have no […]

I think Steve Jobs is a great example of someone who has fame but is not a celebrity. In the essay Epstein asserts how fame is something one earns through achievements and talents while celebrity does not require talent or achievement at all. Epstein uses Ted Williams as an example of fame because ” he wished to be famous but had no interest in being […]

According to Yee (2011), Amber Chia has a share of a company running a modeling class, called the Amber Chia Academy (ACA). When Amber Chia was 17, she had already thought of pursuing her career in modeling and now she became one of the most famous Asian model in Malaysia. She had been through all these before getting married at the age of 28. Her […]

Today’s teens are bombarded with images and activities that don’t mirror their lives from hit teen-TV shows like “The OC” and “Gossip Girl” to the multitude of entertainment programs and features in magazines. Today’s media obsessed society often leads students to believe all they need to ‘be cool’ is be thin, blonde and wear the latest designer clothes. The UGLY program aims to help young […]

Coming from a Latin word celeber, the word celebrity means a person widely recognised by the public and the media, person who through his command in the public creates media attention and is widely covered. One of prerequisite of a person being celebrity is fame, but that has to be associated with the media attention. Mass communication play a vital role in making someone celebrity […]

Celebrity endorsement is commonly used to market products, it is a strategy which gives a “face” to a brand, to which the consumers can relate and aspire to. Yamaha has decided to promote its Fiore scooter Thailand with widely popular Korean pop group 2NE1. Their strategy was to reach out to urban Thai’s who follow foreign trends, music and fashion. While many urban Thai’s certainly […]

Another trait which defines America’s culture and identity is the culture of celebrities. With plenty of wealth, fame, and attention, celebrities display to the middle and lower class citizens the ways of life of upper class citizens and nationwide divas. Moreover, they advance these images of themselves by exhibiting their multi-bedroom houses and mansions, multiple vehicles, designer clothing, and their extravagant jewelry. The feeling of […]

One of the most disputable questions in our time is “Should the celebrity scandals in the press be banned”. Many people think that the tabloids shouldn’t write about the private life of the film and music stars. For example: when Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston got married, all tabloids wrote stories about their private life. The journalists made up a lot of them. As a […]

Younger generations are getting brainwashed by these so called celebrity role models that think they are setting a good example for these young teenagers, where-as it is actually getting backfired. These celebrities have started to ruin our society with people are acting like copycats, because they think if celebrities can, well so can I. But these celebrities haven’t always been bad, they have had a […]

“Dot, have you seen Stacey around?” Eastenders “I’m really enjoying it here in LA, but England will always be the best” David Beckham “I’ve kissed a lot of frogs, on my holidays” Sarah Harding (Girls Aloud) What is there left to watch? Celebrities? Haven’t we got our own personal lives? Celebrities on the telly, in magazines, on the internet, even in schools girls, gossiping about […]