Saturday, June 14, 2014

Snarky Celebrity Gossip Is Increasing At A High Rate

By Sally Delacruz


People relate or talk about celebrities more easily than neighbors and friends. Snarky celebrity gossip is seen in almost all our day activities. Many associate it with fascination obsession people have with celebrities. This kind of fascination with people that are famous is something that has been around us for a long time.

Today when we meet our friends, family and relatives we take most of the time talking about famous figures. They have turned out to be the glue of social fabric. Things have changed people no longer stay in the communal well or at the village square to connect to one another. Instead we use talks about celebrities to make us feel connected to each 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 difficult to understand why celebrities appear irresistible in the eyes of the public. It is difficult to comprehend why they always have to appear in every discussion people strike. People always ask themselves so many questions as to why such people seem so dear to us; do they have a different lifestyle from ours? Is the obsession due to the fact they appear to lead a glamorous lifestyle? The only thing we can be certain of is that every person has their own different reasons for adoring a particular figure.

It is interesting top discover what people have concealed in their hearts about celebrities. In a sense famous people have become our new gods. Many fantasize and wish their lives were like theirs. They admire the fact that most of these people they celebrate are rich, beautiful, talented and desirable. Despite the admiration majority secretly wish that these people could fall to prove that even the feet of our gods have clay.

We are always following up about their lifestyle. No wonder we watch shows, entertainment programs and read most materials that talk about them. According to a recent research by advertising and publications companies, reading materials and entertainment publications that contain celebrity gossip sell most every week. This has enabled them make a lot of money. They have discovered people will always buy reading materials like magazines as long as they contain 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.

Celebrity talk has both positive and negative impact to the society. Some of the positive psychological and social functions include: facilitating group bonding, relationship building, reinforcing shared values and clarification of social status and position. Some philosophers claim that such talks give us knowledge on politics and other issues of life.




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