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From
pop stars to reality stars, the society that we live in today is
saturated by celebrities. They sing some of our favourite songs,
play our favourite sports and even write some of our cookbooks. It’s
nearly impossible to navigate through our daily lives without
crossing paths with a celebrity name or two. As a society, we have
become engrossed in celebrity culture but opinions on the topic are
divided. Whilst some follow every move of their favourite celebs
others despise their very existence. Whatever your opinion, there’s
no denying that celebrities have become an important part of modern
culture, especially with the rise of social media and ‘the
influencer’. The question, therefore, of whether celebrity culture
is good or bad is a complex one as there are many different aspects
to consider.
Over
the last year, the world has faced more than its fair share of
disasters, whether natural or man-made. From the Australia and
California wildfires, Yemen and Syria civil wars and most recently
the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, global citizens have been reaching
out to each other more than ever for comfort and support. These
disasters sparked kindness as people donated what they could to
others in need during times of crisis. Several celebrities took to
social media during the Amazon fires and raised awareness about a
topic that many felt was ignored by the mainstream media. This led
to broadcasters picking it up and within days the fires became
international news. During this, Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio
became one of the many celebrities using their wealth for good and
pledged $5 million to help reduce the number of fires and prevent the
potential loss of species and deforestation. Other celebrities that
donated to the cause include Vanessa Hudgens and To
All the Boys I’ve Loved Before actress
Lana Condor who then nominated her co-stars to do the same.
Their
wealth isn’t the only resource that celebrities can use during
times of need and many make good use of the large platforms and
followings that they possess whether on social media or elsewhere.
Amongst those using their platform for activism is Kim Kardashian
West. The reality star turned businesswoman, who is arguably one of
the most criticised celebrities, has been using her platform for
criminal justice reform activism. However, it isn’t just social
media activism as she’s also pushed for change at the White House
and used her influence to create real change. Alice Marie Johnson, a
64-year-old incarcerated for non-violent drug offences, was pardoned
after the star advocated for her release in meetings with Donald
Trump and Jared Kushner Johnson.
Emma
Watson is another celebrity activist that has used her voice for
positive change. She became the UN
Women Goodwill Ambassador
in 2014 and has used her social media platforms to promote her
HeForShe
campaign which advocates for men to support equal rights campaigns.
LGBTQ+ stars have also used their platforms to advocate for equal
rights including Sam Smith and Queer
Eye ’s Jonathan
Van Ness. It’s important to remember that celebrities are ordinary
people and that their lives aren’t perfect either. Halsey and
Selena Gomez are examples of celebs using their platforms to raise
awareness of the medical issues that they face and to support others
in similar situations.
Whilst
celebrities’ large platforms can be used for good, they can also
occasionally cause hindrance. Several influencers have come under
fire for promoting dangerous weight loss products. The products
could put impressionable audiences that aspire to look like them at
risk. Amongst the accused celebs are Khloe and Kim Kardashian, Kylie
Jenner and Cardi B and fans have urged the celebs to promote
self-love rather than potentially dangerous products. There is also
the risk that celebrities’ actions can influence their fans to pick
up dangerous habits. R&B singers and rappers often reference
drug use and violence in their music. Although some promote the
dangers and raise awareness of their impact, others glamorise drugs,
alcohol and violence. Whilst this doesn’t necessarily mean that
fans will pick up the habits, it does normalise them and puts out a
dangerous message, particularly for younger fans. Snoop Dogg and
Miley Cyrus are just two of the celebrities that, despite having
large followings, have promoted drug use in their music and on their
social media platforms in the past.
Another
issue with celebrity culture is that many have become too immersed in
it. Whilst most of us follow celebrities to some extent, others
devote hours of their day idolising their favourite stars. Although
this can be harmless it can also lead to problems such as anxiety,
body image issues and mental health issues. There have been
instances where celebrity worship has been taken to the extreme with
obsessive fans stalking celebs and going to their houses. Justin
Bieber, Kendall Jenner and Harry Styles are amongst those who have
been stalked by so-called ‘superfans’ with one man even going as
far as plotting Bieber’s death “because he changed”.
Celebrities
often use their wealth for positive change by donating millions to
charity or funding alternative projects. However, is it problematic
that one person has so much wealth in the first place? Images of the
Skid Row neighbourhood in Los Angeles depict the harsh reality for
the almost 3,000 homeless people that reside there. There are
hundreds of tents lining the streets, filled with those who are
struggling to afford necessities like food and medicine. Shockingly,
the same city is also home to neighbourhoods such as Beverly Hills
and Hidden Hills, some of the wealthiest areas in the world with
average household incomes close to $400,000. Some of the richest
celebrities in the world live a mere 20-minute drive from the
homeless. Wealth inequality causes social and economic problems such
as low happiness levels, slowing economic growth and higher rates of
health problems and crime. Although most celebrities do donate when
they can, more needs to be done systemically to lessen global wealth
inequality and improve life for everyone. It’s hard to believe
that billionaires who will never use most of their wealth are living
alongside those who have nothing.
Celebrity
culture is an unavoidable part of our society and plays a huge part
in our media landscape, especially when it comes to popular culture.
When done right it has the potential to spark progression and change
the world for the better. However, although the positives of
celebrity culture can lead to change it’s also important not to
overlook the negatives. Obsessive fans and celebrities promoting
drug habits have the potential to put lives at risk whilst unequal
wealth distribution means that celebrities can live a life of luxury
whilst there are others left with nothing. Although celebrity
culture plays an important role in our world today, the positives
must outweigh the negatives to ensure that it helps rather than harms
society’s most vulnerable people.
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Celebrities -whether actors, singers, dancers, designers, the wealthy, reality-show lowlifes, DJs, models, athletes, journalists or ‘personalities’- are people, just like us.
What the beautiful people seem to forget is that they are only people. They are alcoholics, rapists, murderers. They are stingy, vain, callous. They are shallow, insignificant, worthless. The fact that we may recognize their names or faces means nothing in the real scheme of life.
They have fame -- but their every move is scrutinized. They have great fortune -- but they can trust no one. They are loved by millions -- but they are hated by millions, too.
The celebrity culture refers to the culture of popularizing certain people who have certain attributes that society deem exceptional.
In this modern era, these attributes may or may not be genuine. Back in the days of actors, actresses, singers, authors, producers, artists, sports people and dancers and so forth, people needed to have certain talents and virtues to be known throughout society.
Now it is common for people to be well-known and in television talk shows and celebrity magazines due to their unethical behavior or belligerent self-promotion. People sometimes attempt at becoming famous by various means such as entering reality TV or dating someone of high status. The glorification of people who seek stardom has made the celebrity culture based on infamy not fame.
Unfortunately the celebrity culture has and always will have an influence on society.
As they are constantly in the media, they have become role models for adolescents and teenagers. Interest in celebrities makes for a multi billion dollar business in celeb sites. This has raised a number of issues, many of them controversial and causes major debates concerning the influence of these famed people.
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The catalyst and leader of the UK’s resurgence in youth ministry explores how the culture of celebrity has invaded and overtaken all of culture—how it’s impacting teenagers, and what we can do about it.
American Idol winner, teenager Scotty McCreery, is a country singer with a great back-story. He’s got a great voice, a clean-cut image, and his favorite quote is from Philippians 4:13: “I can do all things through God who strengthens me.” Post- Idol , Scotty’s debut single has risen high on the country music charts—he looks set for a lengthy career in the music business.
Weary of the corrosive effect a host of celebrities-behaving-badly have had on our young people, McCreery’s story is a breath of fresh air, right? At last we have a positive role model to chip away at the pervading influence of the Charlie Sheens and Kanye Wests and Lindsey Lohans of the world. But maybe there’s a bigger issue hiding in plain site—maybe we’re so acclimated to the word “Idol” that we no longer pause when we see it, not even a little. Words and catchphrases like “celebrity worship” or the “cult of celebrity” or “rock god” or “diva” pepper the routine way that we talk about celebrities.
But “idol,” of course, means “false god”—and the producers of American Idol are not at all attempting to mislead us. The show’s title tells us exactly what it’s about. On the night of the finale, Idol fans cast an incredible 122 million votes—all of them playing an active role in the fashioning of an idol, a god who is fake.
A SHORT HISTORY OF WORSHIP
Of course, we’ve all been worshipping idols for quite some time. The journalist Leah Caroll reveals that, as a teenager, she idol-ized a notorious rock star: “I am going to tell you a deep, dark secret. When I was 14 years old, Courtney Love was my idol. I got dressed every morning before high school by carefully layering ripped fishnets over purple tights, fastening the clasps on my vintage baby doll dress, combing out my peroxided hair, and adjusting my nose ring.” Caroll’s aim was to be ready if Courtney ever came to her school in Rhode Island to pick the coolest person in the cafeteria. In her mind, it would be clear to Courtney who was most deserving from the way she dressed.
Caroll’s idol-worship may seem like an innocuous rite of passage shared by almost every teenager who ever rolled out of bed at noon on a Saturday, but the impact of celebrity worship on young people has captured the attention of the academic community. In a survey of more than 600 young people, a research team led by Southern Illinois University psychologist James Houran identified a psychiatric condition they’ve dubbed “celebrity worship syndrome.” The Houran team’s informal definition for the syndrome is, simply, “an unhealthy interest in the lives of the rich and fabulous.”
While most of us go through seasons when our interest in celebrities is high, some young people can become pathologically attached to them. This supercharged attachment can degrade their psychological health and detrimentally impact their self-image. The percentage that falls into this category is small, but the fact of it points to the latent potency of celebrity worship.
As Christian youth workers we most often see the slow drip, drip, drip erosion of a celebrity-drenched media in the lives of the teenagers we serve. A Newsweek poll found that more than three-quarters of Americans (77 percent) believe that celebrities have too much of an influence on young girls, reflecting a growing unease over the influence celebrities have in our kids’ lives. One response is to fight fire with fire—adopting a Christianized version of celebrity worship as our ministry ally.
And this is where McCreery comes in—he’s prime quarry for those who are hunting for acceptable celebrities to promote as good role models. Christian Web sites squidoo.com/TeenCelebrities ) introduce us to the virtues of celebrities who’ve cleared the Christian bar—imperfect but relatively wholesome idols that include The Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, and Bristol Palin. But the problem with a strategy that’s fueled by acceptable role models is that they are sure to let us down—the short list above is ample enough evidence, even without the addition of Tiger Woods.
Because we’ve bought in to the allure and rhythm of celebrity worship, the Christian community has created its own celebrities to feed our bellies. But the same metrics apply. Whatever we make of the recent hoo-ha over Rob Bell’s alleged universalism in Love Wins, at the heart of this controversy lies the problem that comes when we fashion our own Christian celebrities. Role models of all kinds come with strings attached.
WHO PUT THE IDOL IN AMERICAN IDOL?
Maybe the latent message behind the popularity of American Idol is that we need to take the word “idol” much more seriously. The search for role models is always going to be a problem, precisely because it is false worship. The WWJD thing kind of got it right—we’re called to be followers of Jesus, not Scotty or Britney or Kate or William or even Barack. Following Jesus should always take precedence over following role models.
To be Christian is to be shaped by the work of the Holy Spirit into the image of Christ. We are in the process of being transformed into the likeness of Jesus. At the very least this surely should make us cautious about any movement toward tacitly and subconsciously replacing Jesus with celebrity role models. But is it realistic to just play the Jesus wild-card and think we have won the game?
We can’t opt out of popular culture and its celebrity-obsessed view of the world—living in a sanitized Christian ghetto is not only a bad idea, it’s NWJWD (not what Jesus would do). What we need, instead, is a way to encourage teenagers to be faithful followers of Christ while they consume popular culture. Our Christian identity needs to be the way they make sense of themselves in relation to popular culture.
Looking for role models is off-trajectory—in fact, it basically misunderstands the way that celebrity culture works. Celebrities are never really role models in the way that the Christian Web sites seem to suggest. Let’s look again at what Leah Caroll says about Courtney Love. The hard-partying widow of Curt Cobain was her idol, she vows, but her “worship” was never much more than a brief fantasy. She may have worn the T-shirt for awhile, but she didn’t join a Church of Courtney.
For all the talk of worship and cults and idols and gods, there’s really no serious celebrity religion. Even though the media uses these religious words to “big up” the whole celebrity thing, a close and ongoing identification with a single celebrity is quite rare. Very few young people build their sense of self around a relationship with a celebrity role model. What actually happens in celebrity culture is that teenagers are treated to a steadily changing parade of gods that are just passing through, using up their allotted 15 minutes of fame.
Celebrity watching is very like what happens when a teenager picks up a fashion magazine or clothing catalog. As she turns the pages there’s a conversation going on inside—as she look at each fashion item she’s asking, “Is this me or not me?” The conversation is not so much about clothes, but about herself. And celebrities are just like the models in the magazines and catalogs. Some are little more than models—they don’t make the transition to celebrity until they’re attached to a story. Celebrity stories allow us to take positions and form opinions. Here’s what I mean….
To some, Paris Hilton is the height of taste and fashion—to others, she’s a spoiled rich kid with the morals of an alley cat. Because kids live in a celebrity culture they’re inexorably drawn into a relationship with these stories. They feel sympathy, outrage, indifference, and envy—they seek to copy or merely admire. Celebrities represent symbols for the different possible identities kids can take on. Celebrity stories entice them to ask questions like these…
• What does “living the good life” really mean?
• What does it mean to be a good student?
• How do I know if I’m attractive?
• What does it mean to be a good friend?
• How do I know if I’m a success or a failure?
• What does it mean to be a Christian?
The celebrity stories our kids are drawn to offer answers to these questions. When they hear about the lives, loves, mess-ups, and triumphs of celebrities, they’re really working out their own identity.
THE TRUE CHALLENGE OF CELEBRITY CULTURE
So celebrity culture represents a great challenge to the young Christian, but not for the reasons we typically assume. We should not feel threatened by this celebrity world. Rather, celebrity stories reflect ways of living—so how do we help teenagers make sense of these ways? This goes to the heart of what it means to be
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