What Makes Celebrity Worship?

Many people are blind-sighted and tricked into being sucked into the world of celebrities and reality tv. This occurrence is known as celebrity worship syndrome and it can have many detrimental effects. Research has found that celebrity worship syndrome and an addiction to celebrities “has likewise been conceptualized as a search for a solid identity and social role ... and compulsive and obsessional elements are noted at advanced stages of addiction ... Thus, while absorption can partially account for the vividness of delusions related to dissociative experience ... the progression along our hierarchy of celebrity worship might reflect increases in the thresholds of the need and capacity of psychological absorption” (Rockwell). The absorption-addiction model that Rockwell references describes the parasocial relationship of a celebrity and a fan. Typically, due to deficits in a person’s life, a fan will become absorbed into a celebrity's following in order to escape their current life and they eventually become addicted. If an obsession with a celebrity is left unchecked it has the possibility to spiral into thoughts or behaviors that can be harmful to the fan and

Celebrities play a role in our lives. For example, in Collin Palmer’s essay he says that being obsessed with a celebrity has been just to escape our boring lives. I agree with Palmer argument, it’s a big exaggeration that being obsessed with a celebrity is bad.

Moreover, the stuff they have, I can’t even imagine having and it’s just not fair as they get to live there dream, luxurious, divine life and we are just here living a middle class life having no enjoyment. no one could disagree with the fact that at some point of life they have wanted to be a celebrity. I believe that everyone in this world should be at the same level, rank and elevation.Most celebrities ruin their lives- when they retire they become into donkeys as they drink so much of alcohol and then they do something stupid such as car accidents and all that. Henceforward, they get whatever they want whereas you don't you just feel like crying? I just think they are greedy, selfish ans show off. however, there are some celebrities that are kind in heart but specifically I'm not talking about them ones, just the ones that I described because you can get some nice ones. Recently, I took a survey in which I said

People will go to great lengths to be close to the stars of Hollywood. It drives some people insane. That drive for fame and power leaves a lasting impression on the landscape and on lives for decades.

There are many people who stretch the idea of our “obsessions” with celebrities. In Deborah King’s article, “The Impact of Celebrities”, she argues that people are obsessed with celebrities in an unhealthy way. However, in Palmer’s short essay response, he assumes that King exaggerates our “obsession” with celebrities. Although King’s argument is strong, I have to agree with Palmer that being obsessed with celebrities isn’t as bad as King suggests.

In the article, entitled “The Impact Celebrities Have on Our Lives,” Deborah King establishes the reasons why being overly obsessed with celebrities can lead to bad habits. To begin with, King points out that everyone is too obsessed with celebrities. The article indicates that the younger the audience, the more likely they will try to be like them and want what they have. Furthermore, King writes that even though there are positive celebrities out there, people seem to be more obsessed with the celebrities that make bad influences on people. In addition, she emphasizes that even though there are celebrities that seem like good role models for their audience, they have a private life that no one seems to know about. As a result, King concludes

Celebrities’ lives seem so perfect. It’s everyones dream to be famous. However,when you’re in it, you need to find yourself and get through it. Macauly Culkin, is one of many childhood celebrities that had an encounter with substances like drugs and alcohol going into his adulthood (Horrell 2). Fame is something many want, but no all know how to live with it. When we stop to actually take a look at what’s going on we see how horrible things actually are. Celebrities have no privacy, their lives are an open book to the world. Also, celebrities start to portray themselves differently based on the way the public views them. Most importantly though, the stress of being out to the world all the time cause them to look for comfort in substances such

Celebrity culture, a poison of our society. A person everyone looks to as a Goddess or a God, whether their actions are good or terrible, it doesn’t matter because they are famous to our world. Maybe even preventing us from learning actual important information. Maybe these celebrities are not all they’re cut out to be and may even be hurting our future.

Most people who follow a celebrity want to be just like them so it’s likely

    Celebrity culture has banished the real from the public. Thirty years ago, the only celebrities were ones in movies. Breakfast at Tiffany 's skyrocketed Audrey Hepburn 's talented acting career. As a result, Audrey remains one of Hollywood’s greatest movie stars and the world’s most successful actresses. Now celebrities are everywhere--Talk-show hosts, lawyers, musicians and teenagers. Although some may be entertained by celebrity gossip, the chatter that passes the news ultimately distracts people from important issues. Divorces of celebrities are making front-page headlines

First of all, celebrity obsession is something to talk about, since we always hear and gossip about celebrities. Deborah King’s assumption that celebrity

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.

People were not exposed to barrage of news about celebrities a couple of decades ago. Mass media is becoming more garden because of rapid progress on technology day by day. Thereby, people are substantially interested in the private life of celebrities, and some of them are obsessed with celebrities. They desire to know everything about them. For instance, who is dating with whom, where they are shopping, or what they wear. In a word public have an endless hunger for more information. However, the public doesn't have the right to know about every single detail of celebrities' private lives due to several reasons.

In the article “The Impact Celebrities have on Our Lives”, Deborah King states that we are obsessed with celebrities(para1), and I agree, it also makes me wonder why people are obsessed with celebrities. In my experience I can see a lot of people are usually watching a reality show or something of that sort. This shows that society is obsessed with celebrities. In addition it also shows that the reason people even care about celebrities is they are entertaining. In conclusion our society is obsessed with celebrities weather they have a good or bad effect on us.