Celebrity Persona Essay

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Jason Mraz: “Are You Prepared To Take a Dive Into the Deep End of My Head?” Jason Mraz’s Public Persona Breakdown As human cultures produce endless pictures, media has become the prime source for celebrities to define themselves and for fans to receive informations regarding their idols. In his book Celebrity and Powers: Fame in Contemporary Culture, David Marshall says: In the public sphere, celebrities are given greater presence and a wider scope of activity and agency. They are allowed to move on the public stage and allowed to express themselves quite individually and idiosyncratically. Moreover, the celebrity status also confers on the person a certain discursive power: within society, the celebrity is a voice above others. In another sense, celebrities are viewed in an adverse way; the celebrities’ persona are not necessarily true but regardless of the media construction, the “celebrities’ sign negotiate the competing and contradictory definitions of its own significance” (Marshall). With this in mind, Jason Thomas Mraz, known as Jason Mraz, is an American singer-songwriter who centers his public persona as an energetic, healthy, simple and a compassionate guy; through his inspiring music, healthy lifestyle, and contributions he made, Mraz reveals himself as a regular person who just can’t stop popping ideas out for his music. To begin with, Jason Mraz’s constructs his public image through composing constructive music lyrics. He claims himself an energetic man in the public. Through the media, he conveys a message that he is a happy and a cheerful person who likes peace. According to Mraz, “I make music out of a happy moment, a hardship I overcame, a lesson I learned, a love story I got to live” (qtd Varga). Mraz initiates his music as simple and easy listening that gives a meaningful message to the audiences. For example, in his “The Remedy” music

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