Celebrities

Just like countless celebrities before her, Jennifer Aniston has had a bumpy ride with the media but has lost control of her media portrayal long ago as she has been violently attacked by the media’s manipulation. The paradox of cultural context is limiting in that her career is formulated upon the inarguable reliance of media, truthful or not. Close reading of the text provides insight into the minds of the manipulative authors of the fourth estate and how they create such intrusive content to…

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…

that paparazzi are too involved in their lives, others maintain that they brought the intrusion upon themselves. I believe it should be off limits because they are human just like everyone else in this world. The lives of famous people and celebrities are known by their adoring fans, but there has to be a certain limit on how much information the paparazzi are putting out there. In Lindsay Wheelers article “Should the private lives of public figures be off limits?” explains the incident…

horrifying event. The uprising in social media and the obsession people have over celebrities causes a scary cross-over that leads to people’s lives being endangered over the simplicity of information of where someone is. While the paparazzi can live in privacy, they have a knowledge of knowing where celebrities live and know enough about them that they know their usual schedule and can be waiting for them exactly when the celebrity is…

and/or physically unhealthy due to their idolization turns into a bad obsession. Wait, what about these overly obsessed people who go psychotic over one publicity stunt? What’s the answer to that? According to Mark D. Griffiths in “Celebrity Worship Syndrome” celebrities are the public eye figure to call these young generations on, causing them to make that their main focus. Due to the eye catching…

Chances are, if you run into someone on the street and mention Kim Kardashian they’ll know who your talking about, making it an easy conversation topic (Weisberg). This is because to many, celebrities’ lives are interesting. Their 72 day marriages, their divorces, DUI’s- its all on the public stage and we all just like to watch a train-wreck happening for the whole world to see. And aside from being interesting it can be just plain fun to talk…

Alexa advertisement that aired during the super bowl used rhetorical appeals and celebrity cameos as well as other rhetorical strategies to seem professional and relatable to the audience in order to effectively sell its product to the audience. The advertisement featured the voice of Alexa losing her voice while assisting the owner of an Alexa product. Then, the executives at Alexa corporation had various celebrities take over as the voice of Alexa. This went disastrously, and the commercial…

only fourteen years old when that major moment occurred to me. After that I knew the career path I wanted to take and I haven’t looked back ever since. I could tell you many stories that inspired me to major in communications. I’ve met numerous celebrities and attended many events which were all fun and exciting in their own way. However, it wasn’t until I realized what happens behind the scenes is what interests me the most. I was fourteen years old when I started venturing out into Manhattan…

From 2011-2013, Seventeen Magazine, a popular teen/young adult magazine featured a host of popular female celebrities such as: Kendall and Kylie Jenner, Shaileene Woodley, Ariana Grande, as well as many other ABC family stars were featured wearing shirts with the word delete sprawled across them. The meaning behind these shirts and the whole campaign in general was to help spread awareness of cyberbullying as well as help combat it. The question I pose is, how affective/successful was this…

Celebrity endorsements are gigantic part of the advertising companies by using models and rappers as walking advertisements. Jingles have a way of dancing into the heads of everyone across the country. Popular slogans can help identify and draw attention to…