Celebrity gossip is now not only in magazines but it is in our newspapers, on our TVs and all through our twitter and instagram feeds. (Marshall 2013). I think that celebrities promoting themselves through Facebook, twitter and instagram is effective is because you know the information is coming from the source, or as close to the source as you can get. In magazines you don’t know how reliable the story is. We have always been taught not to believe what we read in magazines so reading snippets of their actual life is as close to them as we will probably ever get.
Along with these new sources of information there is a new kind of celebrity. It is no longer all about talent. You could become famous through creating a viral video, doing a sex tape, having famous parents, being rich, winning a talent show, being on reality TV and the opportunities keep going.
Persona studies are defined by Marshall (2013) as “the publicisation of the self”. This is the way that celebrities promote themselves. An obvious example of this is my favorite celebrity of all time, Miley Cyrus. She has recently been the target of a lot of talk and whether the talk is negative or positive her song has been number one on Billbords top 100. Her recent music video “Wrecking Ball” has reached 100 million views in less than 7 days. This is all through the way that she has promoted herself and the way that she is being viewed.
I think that Miley understands what it means to be to be a 2013 celebrity. She said recently “you’re always gonna make people talk, you might as well make them talk for two weeks rather than two seconds”. I think she’s got that all covered.
References:
Marshall, P.D. 2013 , Persona Studies: mapping the proliferation of the public self,Journalism, June 4. online edition.
Hi Beatrice,
ReplyDeleteI think your piece would have been enhanced by the use of hyperlinks, for example when you discussed your interaction with Big Brother, maybe with a link to the 'live' website or something like that. Also, you did not provide a reference for the quote from Miley Cyrus.
However, your piece was written well, with excellent engagement with the Marshall reading. Your personal link to the discussion with the example of Big Brother made a strong starting point, and I agree you are definitely not alone (my house mates and I are obsessed). Also, your arguments on how the definition of celebrity has changed over time, and the various kinds of celebrities today was an interesting point I had not considered. This piece would be a good choice for your expanded post.
Thanks for the read!
Hi Beatrice
ReplyDeleteI thought this was a really good post. It was written well, and I thought the evidence you used from the reading was all on point and very relevant. If I had to make a criticism it would be that your post had a lot more potential for connectivity with the likes of videos and hyperlinks, and I would agree that this piece would be a good choice for your expanded post as I suspect celebrities are an area of passion for you. Nice one!