Celebrity gossip spreads easily via social media platforms like Instagram, SnapChat, YouTube, and Facebook, or gossip blogs, websites, radio stations, or TV shows. Depending upon the type of gossip, then it sets an image of the celebrity themselves for us as a society, who may or may not be followers. Just about everyone has a favorite celebrity whom they obsess over. After reading Deborah King’s article The Impact Celebrities Have on Our Lives, she claims that as a society we are obsessed with celebrities and the gossip surrounding them. Collin Palmer, a high school sophomore, challenges King’s claim, since he feels that celebrity obsession is apart of human nature. Palmer’s argument states that it is healthy to be obsessed with celebrities,
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Granted, not everyone likes celebrity gossip, but they might just discuss one or two details of a celebrity. For example, Dr.Charlotte De Backer of the University of Leicester, in King’s article, states that “She discovered that the younger the participant was, the more apt they were to follow celebrity gossip, even if the gossip was about a celebrity that they had never heard of”(paragraph 7). Everyone has gossip to share with their friends about and to discuss their lives of celebrities using from social media to see their news feed or what they are doing. This matters because if gossip is taken too far, people could start making up ideas of celebrities which might not be true, yet if it is done in moderation, then it is fine to gossip with friends, family, etc. In Palmer's article, he argues “I’d rather bond with someone over the latest antics of a celebrity than all the other dark topics in the news,” (paragraph 1). People like to talk about their absolute favorite celebrities to forget about what is going on in the world (ex. wars, deportation, politics,etc.) although it is healthy if they don’t do it so many times as long as they don’t forget who they are. They discuss or chat with their friends about celebrities, but look at the news once in awhile to be prevented by what is going on in the world. Thus, celebrity obsession is okay …show more content…
Some may assert that there are good role models like Malala Yousafzai, Angelina Jolie, Take Bono, etc. Malala Yousafzai is a young lady that at a young age, she started to speak up for the education of all girls in the world. Angelina Jolie is a celebrity that although she had a very rocky road has been one of the greatest spokesman about the living that children have. In King’s article, it demonstrates, “You can't avoid knowing that Winona Ryder has been arrested and convicted of shoplifting or that Mel Gibson has a problem with alcohol,” (paragraph 11). Not all celebrities have a perfect, luxurious life as everyone thinks that have, some have committed crimes and taken to jail, others have mental problems, and some even have the same problem as almost everyone has, an alcohol problem. This is an important idea since people could get a very bad influence and later on could hurt themselves, leading them to unexpected consequences like death. In a website, it stated that Adolf Hitler had started world war II, and was responsible for the deaths of millions of people, soldiers, and civilians killed in the Nazi concentration camps. Thinking that artists do this and that, people could follow these same steps and create fights that could leave them a permanent mark. Having this in mind, we, as human beings (unperfect) could provoke many fights causing to having an
Granted, not everyone likes celebrity gossip, but they might just discuss one or two details of a celebrity. For example, Dr.Charlotte De Backer of the University of Leicester, in King’s article, states that “She discovered that the younger the participant was, the more apt they were to follow celebrity gossip, even if the gossip was about a celebrity that they had never heard of”(paragraph 7). Everyone has gossip to share with their friends about and to discuss their lives of celebrities using from social media to see their news feed or what they are doing. This matters because if gossip is taken too far, people could start making up ideas of celebrities which might not be true, yet if it is done in moderation, then it is fine to gossip with friends, family, etc. In Palmer's article, he argues “I’d rather bond with someone over the latest antics of a celebrity than all the other dark topics in the news,” (paragraph 1). People like to talk about their absolute favorite celebrities to forget about what is going on in the world (ex. wars, deportation, politics,etc.) although it is healthy if they don’t do it so many times as long as they don’t forget who they are. They discuss or chat with their friends about celebrities, but look at the news once in awhile to be prevented by what is going on in the world. Thus, celebrity obsession is okay …show more content…
Some may assert that there are good role models like Malala Yousafzai, Angelina Jolie, Take Bono, etc. Malala Yousafzai is a young lady that at a young age, she started to speak up for the education of all girls in the world. Angelina Jolie is a celebrity that although she had a very rocky road has been one of the greatest spokesman about the living that children have. In King’s article, it demonstrates, “You can't avoid knowing that Winona Ryder has been arrested and convicted of shoplifting or that Mel Gibson has a problem with alcohol,” (paragraph 11). Not all celebrities have a perfect, luxurious life as everyone thinks that have, some have committed crimes and taken to jail, others have mental problems, and some even have the same problem as almost everyone has, an alcohol problem. This is an important idea since people could get a very bad influence and later on could hurt themselves, leading them to unexpected consequences like death. In a website, it stated that Adolf Hitler had started world war II, and was responsible for the deaths of millions of people, soldiers, and civilians killed in the Nazi concentration camps. Thinking that artists do this and that, people could follow these same steps and create fights that could leave them a permanent mark. Having this in mind, we, as human beings (unperfect) could provoke many fights causing to having an