Celebrity Culture

The impact of celebrity culture is not limited to following trends; it has a much greater effect than this. Seeing as how a magazine with scandalous and immoral articles referring to, if not, showing celebrities themselves; sells at the speed of light, the press themselves thrive to snap a shot of a person not at their best. Whether one be spending their weekend away, one will clearly not look their best, the paparazzi are pretty much inclined to photograph this and one day later this image will appear on the front page of a magazine. This is a prime example of how badly celebrity culture has impacted our society. Such an act is immoral, yet this is irrelevant for most. People are no longer ethical. It is unimportant to one's own life how a famous person lives their own, for it should have no effect on you or the way you live if you do not know the person. The vast majority of people in our society are still craving to be made aware of all the publicity a certain person or group receives, whether it is good or bad, relevant or irrelevant.

Evidently celebrity culture has a major impact on our society, yet while it mostly affects us in a bad way, there are some instances where it is not at all as bad. Take for example, chef, Jamie Oliver, his campaigns for healthier food at school is more than the government have ever done. And thus, as a result he is highly respected. There are quite a few celebrities who donate sums of money to charity, and generally try to do their part for society, yet this in most cases is just for some good publicity. Most of the public in these cases will not feel the need to care, yet when that very same celebrity is going through a crisis of sorts, the masses will react.

Other developments in celebrity culture today help to throw the spotlight on wider problems in society. Many famous people have died over the years and they highlighted the way that celebrity death or tragedy now seems to be one of the few things around which people feel able to 'come together'. There are several times when one will need a confidence boost and by achieving such they say or do anything merely for good publicity. One of the few hot topics surrounding this is actress Angelina Jolie's adopting 'habit' per se. There is much controversy surrounding this, as some say Jolie wishes to be on the front page and the constant adopting is merely to build up her reputation, while others say she truly cares for the poverty in Africa. However the underlying fact is that people are debating over how a celebrity lives her life with a child, is this not proof that shows how badly society has been affected by such a thing?

As technology has developed greatly over the years, so have forms of media. People are becoming more and more aware of what is going on with celebrities; quicker too, thanks to tools like the internet, which is one of the most common vessels for transmitting media itself. Many people idolize their favourite singers, actors or celebrities to a great extent that they like many others have to be made aware of every ounce of their personal life, which as a result places them in this isolated little bubble which is oblivious to what is really occurring the real world. Many 'celebs' are aware of their outrageous fan-base and use this to their advantage, by demanding affection which they use for their own personal gain. After all, one will always follow in the same footsteps as their role model, will they not?

In a society without genuine heroes or leaders one can truly respect, the masses are drawn to celebrities and personalities whom they depict to be the perfect idol which is understandable to a certain extent, for elsewhere in society amidst all the chaos and corruption there is no true hero or flawless idol one can sincerely look up to.

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