Media and popular culture are in a symbiotic relationship (Betsy, 2008). Without the advertisement and news through the media, popular culture cannot be possibly formed and spread out in the public. At the same time, all sorts of gossips, scandals, and trends can be the central sources for the media. However, the problem rises due to the greed of the media to report scoops and make issues among the public; they trigger side effects. For more attention from the public, the media competes to publish the exclusive news first, so they often ignore censorship and reveal candid photos of celebrities taken by paparazzi. In this sense, ordinary people are likely to come across some shocking and scandalous pictures of their favorite pop stars, and get easily influenced by their behaviors. Celebrities are the symbol of popular culture; they create new trends. This indicates that whatever they do and whatever the media covers about them all have various impacts on people especially teens. The problematic consequence of this relation is that young people can imitate misbehaviors of celebrities that they show in their private life through the lens of paparazzi. In fact, young people’ exposure to media has a profound relation with their psychosocial development (Paediatr Child Health, 2003). According to the …show more content…
Sometimes, they are indispensable to each other when it comes to achieving their own interests. On the other hand, they are in an incompatible relationship, negatively affecting each other. In the American societies, it is frequent to witness the fractured relationship between media and popular culture through the conflictual cases of paparazzi and celebrities. The cameras of paparazzi target the real life scenes of celebrities in order to gain interesting sources for the headlines. Then, these candid photographs are used in newspapers and magazines for the readers to see. This system is possible due to strong legal protection that the U.S. government provides for media independence. All the American media are based on freedom and their loyalty to deliver news to citizens. However, the media’s nature of open-mindedness infringes rights of celebrities. To be specific, paparazzi who are responsible for capturing intriguing moments of celebrities sometimes become too eager that they go beyond the line. Their aggressive work damages the rights of celebrities by straining them physically and mentally. In fact, celebrities can maximize promotion effects through the active photographs taken by paparazzi, and the frequent exposure to media provides them with more opportunities to earn their reputation. However, the demerits of paparazzi outweigh the merits. Celebrities, the symbol of popular culture,