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    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. In “8 Reasons Celebrity Culture is bad for Society” written by Scout Durwood, it talks about the many reasons that these famous people making headlines

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    Eating Disorders: Celebrities and Teen Girls One may believe that slim celebrity pictures make people avoid being that weight, while it is also believed that these celebrities may be causing a weight drop in people around the world. Kelly Cutrone, owner of People’s Revolution, states that models are born with the characteristics needed to model, and these models are not unhealthy. Also, Psychologist Douglas Bunnell states that stars simply show the horrors of eating disorders, and how people should

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    assault with a deadly weapon, and kidnapping. Celebrities have been known to have less harsh punishments for crime compared to an everyday person. O.J. Simpson had already been acquitted of the two brutal murders of his ex-wife and another man. He also was granted parole after only serving close to nine years in prison for the previously listed charges of assault, kidnapping, and armed robbery. A blog post will be used to explore bias in celebrity crime trials, such as jurors altering their vote

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    Celebrity culture is a fairly new term that has emerged in the twentieth century due to an increase in media and social networking. It stands for a “culture of popularizing certain people who have certain attributes that society deem exceptional” (The Life Of). It seems like anyone can be famous whether they have true talent or not. The population decides who to follow and make famous by viewing an individual and watching how they live. Celebrities don’t behave in any different way compared to any

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    A Controversial Obsession For thousands of years people have obsessed over celebrities. In Collin Palmer’s short essay response, he suggests that Deborah King exaggerates the harm of a celebrity obsession. I agree with Palmer because even though we students may obsess over some famous people, to us it is just harmless fun. Palmer expresses his opinion on celebrity obsession, when he writes, “We teenagers are passionate‒maybe even obsessed–about our favorite stars, but that doesn’t make it a

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    the way people deem is socially acceptable. What celebrities do greatly influences younger generations. A factor with celebrity endorsements is that the celebrities do not have to be fans of what they endorse, they are earning thousands of dollars for taking a picture with the products that they are endorsing. They are also paid thousands of dollars to tweet preconstructed, public relations made, 140 or less character tweets on twitter. Celebrities that send this out, either a tweet or photograph

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    are influenced by celebrity endorsement produce when it comes to alcohol. The graph was classified into age groups and gender. And as a result, it is clearly seen that most people are not influenced by celebrity endorsed product. But among those who are influenced, most of them are females. According to the graph, 55% of those who partake of the survey are females while 45% are males. As the graph further shows, 55% of people said that they will not be endorsed by a celebrity endorsed product while

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    Celebrities Gone Bad Unfortunately, there have been many cases where public figures have done something wrong and/or illegal. There have been many instances from public figures brutally assaulting their partners to having an affair with their partners. This past Sunday there was another case where a public figure did something wrong. In fact, it involves the ex Hannah Montana young children used to look up to, Miley Cyrus. With current fashion trends, society has become somewhat accustomed to

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    The downside of fame is the interference of the media in one’s life. Stories concerning celebrities are likely to attract customers, just for entertainment purposes. Celebrities’ life is publicized, criticized and mocked at. Reporting celebrities downfall seems to be particularly appealing to the public, and it seems that hardly a day passes without the news reporting a celebrity’s’ downfall. Some people are obsessed with famous people, their life styles, and have desire for more information. Media’s

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    Celebrity culture is a growing issue that has been cultivated by the prosperity of social media in the modern world. Celebrity culture effects society in many different ways both positive and negative, such as celebrities being portrayed as role models in the media, and corporations using celebrity endorsement to gain clients from the existing fans of the celebrity used. The first article, titled ‘Celebrity, youth culture and the question of role models’ discusses how celebrities are portrayed as

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