What is a Celebrity?

You're in the spotlight--all eyes on you.  Your reputation is everything.  Guard it or you'll fall fast.  The entertainment industry is a competitive place and everyone wants to get to the top.  Who you're spending time with, or seen with, even for just a second, can turn your world upside down.  Celebs have little privacy, so they need to be careful with everything they do, say and to whom they tell it.  Once you sign that contract you must do and be what they tell you, for example, Disney stars are looked to be, or at least expected to be conservative and appropriate.  We've seen countless former Disney celebs that have turned against this reputation.  Topless photos, drugs involved we've seen it, and most are leaked on the web.  They may have been hacked but they still took them. Some stars such as Haley Williams, and Rihanna, and Miley Cyrus are just some who we seen topless photos of on their twitter.  It's a shame, but they will do whatever to get themselves to get to the top.  To be a celeb one must allow all fans to get autographs and pictures taken.  Most fans would say that it’s the celebrity’s job to do this because of what they signed up for.  I can see where these people come from considering most people are very obsessive of these marvelous individuals, but at the same time some celebs needs space.  For this reason most celebs have twitters and facebooks to let their fans in on the daily scoop.  This is very helpful to the celebs that have busy lives and don’t always have time to sign autograph after autograph. Celebrities use their money to do good at times and they use social networks to publicize this to be known. Therefore they get more famous with their fans and get everything they do out there. Celebs are who they are not only because they are great actors or great singers...a big part of it is from us A's their fans. We follow our favorite celebs on twitter and support everything they do. We watch them grow in a way. We follow their every move and are up to date with the next big thing they are doing. I believe that fans are what make a celebrity. That's another reason why they must be careful on what they post to these social networks because as we all know everyone can see anything and everything on Facebook and twitter.

Tweet Me!

Celebs once used myspace as their form of social networking, then came facebook, and finally there is twitter. This is an example of the process of remediation. Remediation is when something feeds off something else and something new is made. Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter all have the same base idea but with new ideas and concepts. Myspace was more of a middle school trend, Facebook is more of a mature college student network and Twitter is a way of advertisment.Hypermediacy are types of visual presentations that continually reminds the viewer of the presence of the medium.  Numerous times we've seen celebrities twitting their upcoming movie, series, or even commercials, they have used these tools to and we are aware where it is coming from.  It's the cutting edge technology, the wow factor, that enable us to do such things which indeed return our attention to the medium.  Another example of hypermediacy are the video responses on Facebook, because we are able to interact with the medium itself, we can rewind, pause or forward the video.  There are so many options to response to the video, this includes commenting back either by text or by video. Furthermore, the latest invention that has got everyone buying the iPhone 4 or the MyTouch 4G, it is indeed being able to video call.  FaceTime is amazing, and just plain F-U-N.  It's almost like having that person in the same room as you are.  And finally there's immediacy which is  the process of bring one into direct or instant involvement.  This is very true when it comes to these social websites.  People see what these celebs do and have to follow them or in a way get attached to this involvement.  Getting these social websites makes these people who follow have a direct communicating way with celebs and their advertising.  Following is just another word for immediacy.

Have You Updated Today?

Have you checked your page today? As you read this millions of people are updating their statuses at this very minute. Nowadays celebrities are getting all there attention from such websites such as; Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, and other social networks. They receive this attention because they advertise their everyday activities on the Internet.  For us as fans to check up on our favorites celebrities daily. According to co-founder Evan Williams of twitter there are about 90 million tweets per day. The celebrities have been using their social websites for not only publicity but also for good.  For example, some celebs have recently been tweeting about the revolution in Egypt. Some people that have been supporting this cause include Kim Kardashian, Lindsay Lohan, Hugh Hefer, Will. I. Am from the black eyed peas, Heidi Montag, Melissa Joan Hart, and Ryan Seacrest. Also celebs will update people letting them know where they are and what they're doing, allowing fans to "literally" follow them. This advertises the celeb allowing them to become more popular with the public.  How can you know if your actually following your idol and not some creepy guy on the other side of the screen? There are more ways to tell if the person is an actual celebrity. People can see if the celeb is real by either going on such websites as; Valebritiy.com or looking for a simple check mark on their page saying they are verified.  Make sure to check out your favorite celebs page today, because you'll be surprised as to how often they update.

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