9.6.14

Snarky Celebrity Gossip Has Taken Root

By Sally Delacruz


People relate with others more easily when they talk about famous public figures than friends, colleagues and neighbors. Snarky celebrity gossip has been part of our everyday life. Many people are caught up in celebrity obsession. This habit has not erupted yesterday; it is a fascination that has been building up around us with time.

This kind of obsession is very evident in most of our daily activities. Whenever we meet friends, family and relatives we must have some gossip or joke about a celebrity to share. Celebrity gossip has become a major social fabric. People do not talk about how they are doing anymore whenever they meet. Instead talks about popular people takes most the conversation. Today such talks are the main thing that helps people connect with one other.

Celebrities have taken the center of our lives. At home and work we are always discussing them. This is more evident at work places. When people bounce onto one another around water coolers they mainly share the latest celebrity gossip they have heard. It has become impossible to interact with other people without talking about our favorite celebrities.

It is not easy to understand why celebrities have taken the center of our lives. We cannot tell what is so catching about famous people that make them appear irresistible in the eyes of the public. They are several questions that arise when we look at the issue in this perspective. Some of them include; do these people we adore lead a different life? Do people magnify them because they seem to have a glamorous lifestyle? Whatever the case we all have our own different reasons of looking at some these people as the favorite.

People have different things in mind concerning popular public figures. In a sense most of them have turned into small new gods. Admirers wish they could live like their celebrated figures. They often fantasize about their talents, wealth, beauty and popularity and wish they could be the same. However it is interesting to discover that most of these fans with that the figures could fall.

We are always interested to know the latest about our favorite celebrity. This is the main reason people keep watching shows, entertainment programs, reading materials and internet sites that have information about them. A recent research by publication companies and advertising firms showed that they make a lot of money weekly from publications that talk about celebrities. They discovered that people could keep on buying reading materials, watching programs and turning to social sites as long there is some celebrity news.

The obsession with celebrities and celebrity gossip has been attracting attention from evolutionary psychology, social psychology, anthropology and linguistics. The topic has drawn even the attention of great philosophers. They are all seeking to understand why famous figures have taken the center of every discussion people have.

There are advantages and disadvantages of celebrity gossip. The main contributions of these talks include: promoting group bonding, strengthening shared values and building relationships. Also some of the discussion people engage in enlighten others about recent proceedings, for instance in politics.




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