Has Our Pervasive Interest In Celebrity Videos and Gossip Undervalued Celebrity Culture?
I have varying views about the massive use of celebrity videos, gossip and rumours in today's society.
I should start off by saying that I have nothing against the celebrity culture in the western world, I do believe the use of the word 'celebrity' and the connections with it have become undervalued over the years. When I was a kid, a celebrity was a title that was related to people who actually had some kind of distinct achievement, such as explorers, scientists and a select few musicians. In the year 2011 the term 'celebrity' almost had no value at all - like a devalued currency. These days it seems like anyone who vaguely comes close to a television camera is a celebrity.
My feeling is that with the large volumes of celebrity videos, photographs and rumours about these people,...