Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Harry Styles Please Favorite My Tweet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kphSmXCVjtw

This clip was created by a popular Viner named Brandon Calvillo who represents the extreme behavior of people believing that if celebrities retweet or favorite their tweets then their life will be complete. It shows both of them going to extreme measures waiting for their man crush Harry Styles to notice them.  Which as a society we have never been able to feel so close/connected with our celebrity crushes before. We were able to read up on them in magazines but even then once writers get the article written and published that information will already be out of date. But now in this generation we have power to know what is going on with their lives within seconds.

The  Vine is a great example of what my group is talking about  in our presentation. It touches base on how people try to connect with famous people through social media.  Which being able to be this connected touches on the fact of parasocial relationships. A lot of people defend their celebrity crushes or idols as if they were their best friends. And in doing so they tweet at them and in hoping to get a response back from them.  

It doesn't even phase people anymore on how invested they get into a celebrity’s life because since it is out their then why not? If they are posting this kind of information on the internet then of course there will be who knows Beyonce best arguments.  And those type of arguments are completely normal. I know I catch myself talking to my friends about certain celebrities like I know their whole life story and want the best for them as if they were my own flesh and blood.

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