JohnsonMediaandSociety by https://padlet.com/nmjohnson/9o57ofkiglh1u533 My Padlet project en-us 2020-09-18 17:18:17 UTC 2026-01-25 22:13:07 UTC hello@padlet.com Post #2 nmjohnson https://padlet.com/nmjohnson/9o57ofkiglh1u533/wish/906979722 "The Negotiated Celebration" is an article that to me best relates to this relationship between politics and celebrities .  It is a very thin line because celebrities need to pick up as many people as possible to follow them and showing any sway to a political side is a very easy way to narrow that pool of people you can reach. to me this is a typical way that celebrities can get involved without minimizing their potential followers. This shows how celebrities have to carefully brand themselves in order to keep a certain image up to make the most money. This is also an example of using a celebrity as a vessel to best sell who they are which is constructed by the industries.]]> 2020-11-10 04:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/nmjohnson/9o57ofkiglh1u533/wish/906979722 Post #3 nmjohnson https://padlet.com/nmjohnson/9o57ofkiglh1u533/wish/909195204 This article exhibits behaviors mentioned in the reading "Economy of Celebrity" by Turner. In the beginning of the article the author goes into the interviews of multiple woman who played into the role of being a "dumb blonde" Aisleyne, one of the women who was interviewed, specifically states that she is smarter than what she seems but she will keep playing the dumb blonde in order to achieve fame. This behavior is something similar along the lines of what Paris Hilton was doing. Even though Aisleyne knows that she is smarter than what the media makes her out to be she decides that she will use that to her advantage and keep branding herself that way in order to achieve the fame she wants. This to me shows the codependence of the industry and the celebrity because the industry needs Aisleyne in order to use her as a commodity to sell other products and make money off of her brand of being a dumb blonde and Aisleyne needs the industry in order to be able to build up her career and give her brands so that she can be exposed to more people and business oppurtunities.]]> 2020-11-10 16:13:12 UTC https://padlet.com/nmjohnson/9o57ofkiglh1u533/wish/909195204 Post #4 nmjohnson https://padlet.com/nmjohnson/9o57ofkiglh1u533/wish/909202267 Just from the title you can see that this article directly relates to the reading "Unwatched Life is Not Worth Living" by Gamson. I found this artcle to be extremely interesting because this is the first time I have seen any news platform address this behavior of celebrities trying to make themselves seem normal. This article shows the parallel behaviors to what the reading describes. Gamson believes that seeming more ordinary makes celebrities ideas more valuable since now we as the consumers can find a more meaningful connection with them. The article states that celebrities are doing " a PR spin on "authenticity" invented after the global financial crisis to bridge the obvious and ever-widening gulf between the celebs and the plebs by convincing us we’re the same, actually. " this to me shows that both Gamson and the author of this article recognize that the reason celebrities participate in this behavior is to create a connection to the consumer to make the consumer and the celebrities lives more "relatable" or "ordinary."]]> 2020-11-10 16:14:28 UTC https://padlet.com/nmjohnson/9o57ofkiglh1u533/wish/909202267 Post #4 nmjohnson https://padlet.com/nmjohnson/9o57ofkiglh1u533/wish/909229660 This article reminded me of the description of the Endorsement Industry in the reading "Economy of Celebrity" by Turner and "Unwatched Life is Not Worth Living" by Gamson. This article seems like its selling the fact that celebrities go to In and Out but in reality is criticizing the celebrities for taking pictures with the In and Out burger and converse in order to seem ordinary. In Economy of celebrity the Endorsement Industry is the industry at which sponsors and other product lines look use celebrities as a vessel for their product. In and Out and all the celebrities at the Oscars understand their relationship because In and Out benefits off of the Endorsement Industry side of this relationship and celebrities get to take pictures with the "animal style" burger that makes them look Ordinary to create a deeper connection with fans by seeming "ordinary."]]> 2020-11-10 16:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/nmjohnson/9o57ofkiglh1u533/wish/909229660 Post #6 nmjohnson https://padlet.com/nmjohnson/9o57ofkiglh1u533/wish/912554340 This article exemplifies  different concepts that are listed within the critic of Aufderheide's "Capitalist Culture Beat." The fourth technique of being media literate within this reading states that most media in the United States needs to make money and to ask yourself "who is paying for this?" or "what is the economic structure underpinning this piece of work?" When I applied these concepts to the article from Vice I realized that most of their views are highly democratic. Vice has 2 subsections dedicated to Republican news and Democratic News and the democratic news talks of trump not being able to steal the election and surprisingly the Republican information on Vice says the exact same things with some of the exact same articles as the democratic page. This says to me that Vice's brand is heavily reliant on being extremely democratic. This article also helps back up this belief because what better way is there to prove that you are a democrat than to bash the Republican President who is a celebrity because of the way he marketed himself. Vice will not want to go against any Democratic views because their brand relies so heavily on it and if they begin to agree with Republican views they could lose money which would be detrimental to the news platform. This reading helped me apply some media literacy skills that helped me better assess this article and how it relates to Vice.]]> 2020-11-11 12:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/nmjohnson/9o57ofkiglh1u533/wish/912554340 Post #7 nmjohnson https://padlet.com/nmjohnson/9o57ofkiglh1u533/wish/922172471 Chrissy Teigen's breast implant removal can be interpreted as a pseudo-event as described in Boorstin's "The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America." A pseudo event is an event that has 4 requirements which are, that it needs to be planned, its immediate purpose is to be reported on, it is designed to have more than one interpretation and finally to create its own narrative. To me all of these guidelines are met in Chrissy Teigen's breast implant removal. This event was planned out because first she would have to plan an appointment and consultation with a doctor in order to get this done and also she knew that the media would find out that she got a breast reduction from either her saying that she was going to get it done or by the paparazzi taking pictures of her smaller breast and making a lot of money off of it. The best decision would be to release it on her own and make money off of it for herself. This event was immediately reported on as soon as she announced she was getting a breast reduction. This decision was well informed for Chrissy Teigen's life because she wanted to do it for her own health and safety but such a statement in the community we live in today that consists of high beauty standards, this post immediately lead to many diverging interpretations, whether it be her doing it for her health and safety or her spitting in the face of beauty standards. This story definitely builds its own narrative as people began to speculate about the reason for her breast reduction and write stories trying to find underlying reasons as to why she would want a breast implant removal for any reason other than her health and safety.]]> 2020-11-14 00:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nmjohnson/9o57ofkiglh1u533/wish/922172471 Post #8 nmjohnson https://padlet.com/nmjohnson/9o57ofkiglh1u533/wish/922174601 This post reminds me of the marketing techniques described in "Trump's 'Reality' Hustle by Hearn. The reading states that "The “reality” rules of self-promotion are simple: craft a notable persona, say what-
ever will set you apart and garner attention, break the rules of the game wherever possible, choose your message, and repeat it clearly and often." Drake has created a notable persona within the rap industry. Drake does not break rules very often at all but this article specifically exemplifies the act of choosing a message and reapeating i clearly and often. Drake;s earings represent the message and then Drake proceeds to enact the reptition section of this satement by posting a series of photos that have the earring present and there for everyone to see. This as well as all the other articles Ive written about shows a certain awareness that Vice has to the marketing tricks of celebrities and makes the choice to notify their consumer crowd of these tactics.
  
]]> 2020-11-14 00:10:49 UTC https://padlet.com/nmjohnson/9o57ofkiglh1u533/wish/922174601 Post #9 nmjohnson https://padlet.com/nmjohnson/9o57ofkiglh1u533/wish/922198403 The reason people still want to go look at wax figures of celebrities in museums instead of seeing the real person I think lies with the reading by Horton and Whol's called "Mass Communication and Para-Social Interactions." Fans form one-sided intimate relationships with celebrity personas. This means that people do not need to meet the actually celebrity in order to feel close to them because it is not the person they are obsessed with, it is the persona. So people going to Madame Tussauds makes a lot of sense because people are in love with the persona so this could excite them just as much as seeing the real person since they are in love with the persona showed to the whole world. Fans might even find themselves wanting to meet the wax figure more than the real person because a real person could be different than the persona that the fan fell in love with while a wax figure could not go against the persona that a fan has built. ]]> 2020-11-14 00:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/nmjohnson/9o57ofkiglh1u533/wish/922198403 Post #10 nmjohnson https://padlet.com/nmjohnson/9o57ofkiglh1u533/wish/922278896 Kellner describes in 

"Donald Trump And The Politics Of The Spectacle" that Obama "became a  master of media spectacle, blending politics and performance in carefully orchestrated 

media spectacles." This to me is shown in this article because of the feeling of being inspired in this article. This article taps into the performance aspects of what Kellner is trying to say. There are photos of celebration and happiness that comes from the political discourse that had just transpired and is still happening today. This shows me how Vice is trying to play into the duality that Kellner is talking about by doing pieces on both the intense political discourse and resulting happiness of this election. This article specifically seems to be very cheerful and joyful.
]]> 2020-11-14 02:02:53 UTC https://padlet.com/nmjohnson/9o57ofkiglh1u533/wish/922278896 Post #1 nmjohnson https://padlet.com/nmjohnson/9o57ofkiglh1u533/wish/922300429 "Sexing Elvis" by Wise talks about how people who are fans of celebrities are aware of their obsessive relationship they have with that person and how it connects and effects their lives. In this article Sailor Moon fans are being described as the best people on earth. To me this truly shows that people can be aware of how their relationship with a persona can effect your life because their is no real person that these fans can attach themselves to. Sailor Moon characters are animated women who can do magic and in this article people are obsessed with them. Elvis fans have the potential to mistaken their love for his persona as love for him while Sailor Moon fans do not have the option of attaching their love for the persona to an actual person. This to me shows exactly what Wise is talking about because these people understand they will never meet Sailor Moon and that she is not real but they still recognize and feel a connection to the characters persona and are aware of their relationship.]]> 2020-11-14 02:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/nmjohnson/9o57ofkiglh1u533/wish/922300429 Post #11 nmjohnson https://padlet.com/nmjohnson/9o57ofkiglh1u533/wish/922308697 In "The Assembly Line of Greatness" article by Gamson there are 2 different types of celebrities that can be identified. Someone who is talented and above average from the rest will become celebrities and use the images given to them as things to admire and to hold as a standard for other people. Other celebrities are celebrities who in any other conditions would not be famous but were made to be. In the article I have chosen I think that it illustrates how Dr. Fauci is a little bit of both of these. Dr. Fauci is a very accomplished Medical Professional who is the director of the NIAID who is doing great work to keep the United States of America healthy. This makes him an accomplished and respectable person who deserves to get recognition. However before the pandemic no one knew who Dr. Fauci was and he was not someone who got publicity at all until the pandemic. This makes him fit the second celebrity definition where the media system made him famous but he was not necessarily a celebrity worthy person before. When it comes to the society we live in, people who become celebrities are more often than not are people who have done something outrageous to get the medias attention. Sure Dr. Fauci's job is important and respectable but when it comes to being a celebrity he doesn't do anything that completely outrageous. But with the pandemic and political discourse happening it shoved Dr. Fauci into the spotlight which in turn made him a lot more famous. This shows how Dr. Fauci illustrates both of the types of celebrities in "The Assembly Line of Greatness"]]> 2020-11-14 02:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nmjohnson/9o57ofkiglh1u533/wish/922308697