What I hate about the 21st Century
What I hate about the 21st century
Celebrity role models and Teens, the dangers of being a fanatic fan
Today the media is everywhere society turns. Nearly everywhere we go social media is forced into our lives. With this we can see what is trending and what is the new must have object. Applications such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram let us keep up to date with our favourite celebrities. Technology today has given people easy access to everyone’s lives. Fans are able to feel like they are part of celebrity’s everyday life by looking at their latest ‘tweet’ on Twitter. They are able to see everything their favourite celebrity has done in that day. Thus, giving them a connection and a sense of closeness to celebrities. People constantly know what celebrities are wearing, where they are going and what they are interested in. People feel the need to emulate their favourite celebrity; they imitate their clothes, accessories, and even attempt to attend the same type of places.
Teenagers today are the most common people trying to copy their idols. Celebrities have the easiest time influencing teens because they are so vulnerable. Teens are in search of their identity at this time and they feel that if they copy their favourite celebrity they have a chance at fitting in and becoming popular, a feat in life that everyone one strives to achieve. The power of the celebrity has taken control of teenager’s lives and ended with negative influences.
This is a time in an adolescent’s life where they feel the most need for acceptance from their peers. They have a need to be more experimental, innovative and sometimes controversial. They are at a time where they have to keep reinventing themselves so they fit in with their peers and society in general. Teenagers emphasise freedom but with this freedom come responsibilities and obligations that they don’t want nor do they think they need. Teenagers are at an age where they think they are adults but they don’t understand
Celebrity role models and Teens, the dangers of being a fanatic fan
Today the media is everywhere society turns. Nearly everywhere we go social media is forced into our lives. With this we can see what is trending and what is the new must have object. Applications such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram let us keep up to date with our favourite celebrities. Technology today has given people easy access to everyone’s lives. Fans are able to feel like they are part of celebrity’s everyday life by looking at their latest ‘tweet’ on Twitter. They are able to see everything their favourite celebrity has done in that day. Thus, giving them a connection and a sense of closeness to celebrities. People constantly know what celebrities are wearing, where they are going and what they are interested in. People feel the need to emulate their favourite celebrity; they imitate their clothes, accessories, and even attempt to attend the same type of places.
Teenagers today are the most common people trying to copy their idols. Celebrities have the easiest time influencing teens because they are so vulnerable. Teens are in search of their identity at this time and they feel that if they copy their favourite celebrity they have a chance at fitting in and becoming popular, a feat in life that everyone one strives to achieve. The power of the celebrity has taken control of teenager’s lives and ended with negative influences.
This is a time in an adolescent’s life where they feel the most need for acceptance from their peers. They have a need to be more experimental, innovative and sometimes controversial. They are at a time where they have to keep reinventing themselves so they fit in with their peers and society in general. Teenagers emphasise freedom but with this freedom come responsibilities and obligations that they don’t want nor do they think they need. Teenagers are at an age where they think they are adults but they don’t understand