It seems that Twitter has become the latest method of the press and various news outlets to gather stories for their sites and papers. Many news sites have reported on Stephen Fry’s twitter saying he’s thinking of disconnecting from the twitterverse. It’s fair enough for the media to comment on famous people, but really? Twitter? [...]
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The power of Twitter in today’s media.
Posted: October 31, 2009 in GeneralTags: Entertainment, media, news, people, press, Twitter
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Famous for being famous – at what price?
Posted: October 25, 2009 in EntertainmentTags: celebrity, Entertainment, fame, obsession, people, reality tv
We live in a very much celebrity-oriented culture nowadays, where children are being shown by television and other media that rather than aiming for good honest professions when they grow up, they can be a “celebrity”. Most people won’t even know why Jordan is famous (she was a page 3 model in her teens, but [...]