Gossip

The Queens of New York On 2012, the mayor of New York City proclaimed January 26 as an official holiday: Gossip Girl Day. As crazy as it may seem, the mayor believed that New York was portrayed so perfectly in the Gossip Girl shows that it seemed appropriate to recognize its brilliance annually. Gossip Girl is a teen drama series based off of Cecily von Ziegesar’s books. First airing in 2007, this show revolves around elites of New York and grabs the interest of many teens, resulting in winning 18 Teen Choice Awards. Conflicts presented in these shows involve jealousy, relationships, fitting in, drug use, reaching high social status, surviving in the elite circle, and family issues make up the majority of this show and keep viewers wanting…

In the TV show series, Gossip Girl there are many sociological concepts presented in every episode as the show progresses. There are examples of gender stereotypes, the show encompasses values and concepts that address a specific social group, which is the elites of the upper class. In Gossip girl, the representation of ostentatious lifestyle of the elites is greatly exaggerated and emphasized. The show takes place in Upper East Side New York City and the protagonists are elite high school kids…

motivation, meaning it never started up. After Josh Swartz took over, he wanted to create a TV series instead. Gossip Girl lasted between September 19th of 2007 and December 17th of 2012. It offered six seasons (121 episodes). At the time, technology was becoming more advanced. Therefore, this was an interesting time period for a TV series to make its debut. Josh Swartz felt it was unpredictable whether fans would like it or not. In the beginning, he was scared of having minimal viewers because…

Gossip Girl (CW, 2007-2012) is a drama television series about a group of fictional wealthy teenagers living on the Upper East Side in New York City. It is based off of a book series by Cecily Von Ziegesar. Though the characters all attend the same prep school, the show mostly focuses on what they do in their non-academic lives. The drama portrayed in this series is more extreme than other comparable teen drama shows, such as The O.C or 90210. This is due to the controversial topics that are…

Riley Dupont Mr. Cianciola DE English: Block D 13 December 2016 Gossip Girl Review The Gossip Girl book series was originally supposed to be adapted into a film starring Lindsay Lohan with head Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino. When the film project did not get off the ground, Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz took over the project to create a television series. As of October 2006, Schwartz was working on the pilot. He said, "I was very skeptical. I do not want to do The O.C. NYC.…

Just imagine the feelings of the people that have to go through the consequences made by the gossip. If we are able to put ourselves in their shoes, we will understand that it will upset their feelings and they will lose their self-esteem and confidence. Consequently, they will be embarrassed to show up in public and try to isolate themselves from others. I have seen people who had to suffer from psychological distress and were traumatized as they were too worried to be judged by other people.…

celebrity obsession is that it gives people a chance to further bond with their friends. In his quote, “Knowing the details about celebrities gives us something to talk about with each other,” he argues that celebrities can serve as a discussion for friends to talk about. However, he fails to realize that this form of discussion can ultimately lead to the harmful behavior of gossiping. Based from my personal experience, those who are obsessed with celebrities are generally the ones who talk…

According to Dunbar, gossip as a term, that examines social interactions and relationships to facilitate and create meaningful conversations between humans, inviting them to share their knowledge and ideas with one another. Gossip is the backbone of significant conversations for people in its provocative nature. People love to share ideas with one another, especially if it feeds them with new information on their outer relationships (Dunbar, 5). Dunbar describes gossip as a habit of one…

Jonathan Celaya Italian American Literature and Film Assignment 2 Due Feb 11 Task 1: Answer the following questions BRIEFLY. 1) Who were the "Know-Nothings"? The “Know-Nothings” was the Irish immigrants Catholics and other immigrants that came to America during the 1850. It was an American political movement that had a limit on the Irish Catholics. They were called the “know-nothing” was because when a member was being asked about the activities, they would responds “I know nothing”. The…

Gossip I want to start off by asking, how many of you have talked about someone? Whether it’s in a good or bad way. Most of you guys raised your hand and you probably thought back on a rumor you spread, or heard about. You may not notice it, but nine times out of ten you are gossiping. 80% of our conversations are spent on discussing other people and their habits Black said in 2009. When people think of gossip, it’s mainly thought of someone else talking trash on another person, spilling…