That says a lot about how strong the media can influence society. If a celebrity were to step out of line of their regular behavior that’d be the next cover story for their next magazine. It’s because so many people, especially youth tend to look up to celebrity figures like Emma Watson, Jennifer Lawrence or Beyoncé. Being a celebrity is its’ own industry in itself. They need to keep up with the image they set for themselves because of the expectations set by the media and their fans.
Teens tend to turn to the most popular celebrities for guidance in their day-to-day lives. Celebrities are not only envied by our society but their images are splashed across magazines, social media, television and movies thus it is natural for teens to use them as role models (Pejakovic.www.selfgrowth.com/ 2015,PP1-2) . This essay will argue that there are many serious impacts of celebrity youth icons on youth identified in the world today therefore it is very important for the society to address these challenges. To begin with, this essay will identify celebrity role on youth culture. Moving on, this essay will discuss the effects of celebrity youth icons on youth in the world today.
The Roaring 20s: USA, 1928-1929 07) Source E suggests that the popularity of Jazz music increased as time went on. It shows that it ‘appealed to young people’ because it was seen to be ‘daring and exciting’ due to it being ‘played in bars and clubs which sold illegal alcohol’. This shows that the youth obviously loved this music as they began to listen to it more and more. Also, alcoholics would listen to this music a lot because due to the Prohibition alcohol was illegal to acquires and as said in Source E, the music playing at the only places you can get the alcohol at would play this music and hence many people would enjoy the jazz tunes as it reminded them of a happy time with alcohol etc. The blacks also liked this kind of music as
The younger generation think that is what they should do since that is what they see on TV and the internet. Divinecaroline.com state “Reality shows have become very popular and teens have begun to realize that you can become famous just by being a bad girl, teen mom, or a crazy party animal who likes to do nothing but drink and “smush,” like the cast members on Jersey Shore.” Shows like this are giving teens the wrong idea. Why should the cast be paid so much for setting a bad example? This country is supposed to be looked up to as a great clean country. With shows like this on air for the world to see it is a disgrace.
All of the Western culture experienced the changes in the cultural phenomenon. The music in the United Kingdom was leaving its own impact on British youth, with a similar popular explosion of immediate fans. The most popular British band to emerge was the Beetles.13 This band came on the scene in early 1960s and quickly developed a female fan base. Their music appeared to be a sexual-outlet for these obsessed female fans, more than their young male counterparts. Beetle-mania developed an almost cult-like following, and the band, consisting of four all-male members reached world-shattering popularity.
Genesis Lopez February 27,2014 AP US History Shaken by the war and disillusioned by the peace, Americans turned inward in the 1920s. The boom of the roaring twenties created genuine benefits on Americans, as incomes and living standards rose for so many. Underneath all this happiness there was widespread anxieties about the future and fear a that America was losing sight of its traditional ways. From 1919-1929 there were numerous advancements and changes that influenced the greatness of this time period like the fear of a change in politics, new technologies, and new forms of leisure and entertainment. For many Americans the hysterical fears of red Russia were always in their minds.
Its Promotion method was one of the key elements that made the company achieve success. Snapple created an offbeat, fun, different and real image which appealed many people. Its advertisements were quirky and unusual; however they were real with real people under real circumstances which attracted many regular people and made them feel a connection to the brand. It hired professional management to run sales and marketing while increasing the advertising budget to $1 million. It succeeded to take attention of the media and worked with the celebrities to gain national attention.
For example, Marilyn Monroe was a celebrity in the past who was admired by many men and women. She displayed sex appeal but with taste and class. Now a days, pretty much all celebrities are taking the sex appeal way too far and leaving nothing a secret. I believe that the social influences of the visual entertainment media have had both positive and negative affect on our culture. I believe change is always good but not all that change that has been made over the past ten years.
Viral ads, which are also known as guerrilla marketing more often nowadays, are the newest way to get media messages out to the public through the spread on the internet. Many of these are over the top and very innovative. Music is used widely here to make their messages memorable and to keep audience members entertained and intrigues as these messages are fairly longer than normal TV advertisement spots. “The goal of marketers interested in creating successful viral marketing programs is to identify individuals with high Social Networking Potential (SNP) and create viral messages that appeal to this segment of the population and have a high probability of being passed along,” (http://fasttrack2business.com/). One popular viral ad that can be looked at for this discussion would be for the new Cherry Chocolate Dr. Pepper.
Their campaign turned out to be a huge success making the money spent more than worthwhile. In their plot to re-stake their claim as a prevalent player in men’s personal hygiene products, Old Spice has employed several big name actors and athletes alike to represent the brand moving forward. In doing so, they seem to have accomplished more than one goal in not only appealing to men, but women as well. It has been said that sex sells. Well if this is true, Old Spice sold in a monstrous way.