Monday, June 9, 2014

Snarky Celebrity Gossip Is Part Of Our Lives

By Sally Delacruz


Famous public figures have become the focal point of our relations with friends, family, neighbors and colleagues. Snarky celebrity gossip is more than just a source of fun. It has become a part of our lives. There are so many people who are caught up in the scenario. Most of their talk is based on celebrities. This kind of habit is as a result of fascination obsession of these figures.

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.

Our lives have been occupied by talks about the most popular people around us. In our homes and work places that is the talk. What else do people talk about at their work place around the water coolers apart from the latest antics in the office or politics. Celebrity gossip has become the center of our conversation. It has become impossible to even interact with close people like mother-in-laws without bringing in gossip of famous figures.

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.

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 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 that people have with famous people has drawn attention from social linguistics, anthropology, evolutionary psychology and social psychology. This discussion has also attracted the attention of many philosophers. These experts seek to know what is that about celebrities that make them so dear or cause people to be obsessed about them.

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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