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Running Head: MEDIA REACTION
Media Reaction
Lisa Midori
Obsession With Celebrities
The purpose of this paper is to discuss and to illustrate how diversity in the media is portrayed. American culture is obsessed with celebrities. Obsessions can be anything from celebrity gossips, clothing, cars, and many more. Bruce Horovitz (2003) states in his article, "America is enmeshed in a harmonic convergence of celebrity infatuation. Celebrities fill our magazines and our TV screens. Celebrities tell us what books to read. What shoes to buy. What perfume to wear. And, of course, celebrities seek our votes. The nation's new manifest destiny is a non-stop celebration of all things famous. It is good. It is bad. And it is ugly" (p.01b). These days, every move a star makes is a major event. I always thought people need to something to look up to. Maybe people are usually bored with their daily routine that they want to see something extraordinary. They look up to celebrities. Some of them project themselves into the situation. "I wish I was a celebrity." Some want the glory and some just want the power.
Martha Falconi (2006) details the arrivals of Katie Holmes and her baby to her wedding with Tom Cruise in Holmes Arrives for Wedding to Cruise. Fans and photographers surround the front of the castle. Then another article by Martha (2006, 2) details the arrival of Tom Cruise to the wedding Cruise Arrives to Wed Holmes in Italy. I guess everyone must be aware from the moment a celebrity wake-up and up to the time when he or she walk down that aisle and ties the knot. Why would someone care if that were not his or her friend or family member getting married? Hardly a week goes by anymore without some momentous celebrity breakup anyway. The most recent divorce was Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe, Britney Spears and Kevin Federline. How far behind are Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise? Is it all right to portray that...
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