Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Personalisation of media messages
- Celebrities
- no media - no celebrity
- fame is a social construct
- celebrities represent social power
- vehicle to promote attributes
- create single group identity as people come together
- role models for character traits, behaviours a society endorses
- people
- media constructions
- texts to be read
- commodities to be bought
- site of political power
- Farrel (2013)
- people recognise their position
as followers of elite individual
- Modern Celebrity (Marshall 2006)
- democracy & capitalism
- modernity
- old fame - old people
- famous as they got better
- new fame is unconnected
- famous with no skill
- anyone can be famous
- Levelling of fame (Rowlands 2008)
- available to everyone
- compemporary audiences incapable of distinguishing talent from skill
- Celebrity & Power
- organises conventionalised meaning
- represents ways of behaving
- semiology = sign for society
- The Mirror Effect
- fans mirror behaviour of celebrities
- Elkind
- Imaginary Audience Theory
- teens feel they are in front of audience
- The Personal Fable
- teens believe it has special destiny
- Personalisation of politics
- Celebrity politician 1
- elected politician with entertainment background
- uses background to get elected: Clint Eastwood
- Celebrity politician 2
- elected politician who uses forms of celebrity to enhance image & communicate message
- photo opportunities
- expertise of those who market celebrities
- Celebrity activism
- Angelina Jolie
- United Nations Commissioner for Refugees
- provide simplified messages
- draw people together
- take attention away from cause
- reflect existing ideas