Paparazzi Are The Most Important Sources Of The Media

The question of paparazzi threatening privacy and First Amendment rights is often to situational to argue in a conventional manner, but certainly there are many facets of the issue which can be addressed in a quite straightforward manner. Celebrities who feel they have the right to privacy in public places often muddy the waters of this issue. Oddly enough, those celebrities who have chosen to speak out against what they feel are violations of their privacy most always begin their campaigns with a large press conference. In other words, they gather together those people they wish to not only suppress but also berate in hopes that these people will use their positions and skills to

In the article, “The Impact Celebrities Have On Our Lives”, Deborah King, explains that celebrities are people who people obsess over, but not all of them have a positive impact. In the beginning, King points out that society is obsessed with celebrities. She explains that people are always going to the store to buy magazines or go online to look at celebrity gossip. The article also suggests that celebrities are good reflections for us. Also, the impact of celebrities can be positive as well as negative. It is also important to note, that she emphasizes, we secretly want to see them fall so that we know that even our gods have feet have clay. Finally, King concludes that we should be spending our time on something more useful than look

Looking towards the media with regards to the spectacle and particularly the spectacle in relation to celebrities, I find that when the spectacle focuses around celebrities, they usuaually focus on their rise and falls of being a star. Celebrities are everywhere, and the public strive on them, whether they are a good influence or bad influence. The public is attracted to anything celebrity related, they want to be consumed by the gossip. Therefore, I choose to do my media review on Amanda Bynes on the Showbiz Tonight show clip.

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 Kingś 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 Kingś claim, since he feels that celebrity nature is a part of human nature. Palmers argument states that it is healthy to be obsessed with celebrities; however i feel that celebrity obsession is healthy in moderation, because everyone likes the way a celebrity lives & acts.

All humans with work and perseverance can choose their own path of life. Indeed, there are more difficult events to overcome for some. Being a celebrity seems like a dream but if you really think about it, what is the celebrity reality life like? I guess, it is an extraordinary feeling to have the audience scream your name and admire you, but what about their personal life being exposed by social media with no consent? We now have access to information whenever we want to, this has caused an impact for celebrities who are starting their career or end up destroying their lives because of negative comments, substance abuse, and loss of believe in themselves. “While most Americans don’t have a media horde following them every time they set foot outside the house — and possibly even photographers crawling through the bushes when they’re home — celebrities’ privacy is being eclipsed by the same technologies that are eating away at everyone’s ability to be left alone: long-lens

Have you ever wondered what influences us to behave the way we do? Look a certain way? Or even looked for an explanation to what causes us to apply a certain perspective regarding personal and controversial issues? One of the answers to these questions may revolve around the influence we absorb from celebrities. A definitive term for celebrity is an iconic figure to a category or group who has achieved success in one or multiple aspects of their lives. As a result, these individuals have drawn in publicity and fame. Over the years with the advances in media and other forms of communication, celebrities have become topics of discussion worldwide, rather if it’s at school, with colleagues or at the dinner table, it is fair to say that

Celebrities are everywhere in the news, the latest gossip appears in the weekly magazines without fail. Whether they be an actor, athlete, dancer, designer, model, singer or just rich; there is someone out there who is watching that person like a hawk, not letting a single breath go unnoticed. Such is the life of the rich and famous, under the incessant gaze of journalists and the paparazzi. Lives that many people take a great interest in and admire to the point where others would liken this great interest and admiration to a cult-like worship of celebrities. This is a brief description of what I think to be celebrity culture.

As stated by Graeme Turner in Understanding Celebrity, ‘the contemporary celebrity will usually have emerged from the sports or entertainment industries; they will be highly visible through the media; and their private lives will attract greater public interest than their professional lives’ which is quite an accurate statement. A majority of the public believes that celebrities exist for the publics’ sake and combined with the statement ‘without us they are nobody’ it sort of correlates. But when you think about the fact that these are people too with feelings, families and private lives, not so much. The introduction of social media allowing everyday people to intrude on celebrities’ lives also breaks the barrier marginally. This allows for another level of interaction for personalities to reach out to the public and therefore can have massive impacts on their stardom. The function of celebrity is to be the ‘super human’. In fashion industries enormous pressure is put on models to remain ‘skinny and attractive’. This is where

The American paparazzi have been described by celebrities and the news media as scum-of-the-Earth—mean, intrusive scavengers who feast upon other people’s misery (Saltzman par. 4). Imagine taking a walk with your friends in a secluded hiking trail. You are trying to enjoy the peace and serenity that the beautiful day brings; however, as fortune has it, you are a celebrity. Along with your fame come people gazing and staring at you, and fans asking for pictures or autographs. Ultimately, causing a scene wherever you go. Yet today, you found some time alone to enjoy a few moments of solitude, or so you thought. Far off in the distance, you see a determined photographer ready to complete his quest of getting some shots that will turn a nice profit for him. The seconds get shorter and the photographer closes in on his victim: You. His camera flashes in your face and the flickering lights hurt your eyes. The photographer, or more appropriately, the paparazzi was just taking pictures in a public place so were they really breaking any laws? It has been proven that paparazzi tactics of hunting icons have led to trespassing, behavior constituting assault, and invasion of their targeted celebrity’s privacy (McNamura 14). The paparazzi have gotten out of hand, and their antagonistic behavior, intended or not, should be restricted.

In today’s time media is everything, whether it be social media, television, movies, magazines, or news. From the media we get all types of information, but one huge thing that is constantly put in the media is people. People varying from celebrities, models, fitness gurus, to now what is very popular on sites like Instagram and Twitter, just a public figure. A public figure is someone with a large number of followers that either is very pretty/hot that posts a lot of pictures of themselves, or they can be someone that posts about what they are interested in, like food, photography, traveling, etc. Public figures tend to live a lifestyle that most people crave. These people constantly presented to us all over the media tend to have one thing

Celebrities are like demi-gods for fans. Anything they do, say, or wear is copied by their followers insanely. Being a powerful figure and an icon for the people, they fail to realize that their act, words, or attire may drag them into the centre of storm. Though they do so inadvertently, their conduct becomes an issue for debate. Priyanka Chopra has become the hot topic of debate recently when she shot for a cover page of a travel magazine, Conde Nast Traveller.

“I hope everybody could get rich and famous and will have everything they ever dreamed of, so they will know that it's not the answer.” (Jim Carrey), this applies to all fields in media. Nowadays, celebrities are overpaid and overrated with no reasons although they are corrupting our youth and they get paid for doing unmoral things. Celebrities are overpaid for the negative role they play since they manipulate people, promote twisted values and they are seeking money only without moral messages.

Celebrities have a right to have their own privacy, and the paparazzi had better not be allowed to restrict their lives. Furthermore, photographers and journalists must not be permitted to make news that can influence celebrities' success adversely. The rights of celebrities for privacy have always been abused, so they need to defend their rights, despite their profession. Though they are public figures, this does not mean that the publish of every detail of their private lives is justifiable. It is legitimate to take pictures when they are at the stage or on the red carpet, yet most cases they must be left alone. However, the media always inclines to release both sensational and negative news to public. The latest pattern is the Chris Brown and Rihanna domestic abuse scandal ("Chris Brown and Rihanna: A Dangerous Relationship" 1). This really influenced Chris

The intention of the paparazzi is to take the best photo that will sell for the greatest amount of money. However these ordinary people still have to abide by the laws that the rest of the world lives by, but unfortunately they never seem to follow these crucial and necessary restrictions. The people within society never thought that paparazzi could get this bad to the point in which celebrities were pressing charge, getting into full scale brawls, and breaking laws. The paparazzi of the past never thought that the present-day paparazzi would be so vicious. “The paparazzi care about sales above and beyond all other considerations” (Howe 17). This is far beyond a true statement, it’s a fact.

The term “paparazzi”, defined as “a freelance photographer”, originates from the name “Paparazzo”. In a film, La Dolce Vita, a character that played the photographer was named Paparazzo. This word comes from an Italian word, which describes an annoying noise. The author of the film refers to the noise as a buzzing insect, which is shown as the shutters of the camera. Generally people find insects annoying, and typically their first reaction is to swat! Well, celebrities who are well known seem to find the shutter and also the flash of the camera to also be quite annoying. Most celebrities are aware of pictures taken of them due to fans wanting memories, or even reporters