WHO ARE YOU REALLY?

Celebrities have become a large part of the focus of individuals. There is always talk regarding what they are doing, who they are doing it with, what do they endorse and why etc. We all want to know absolutely everything there is to know about them! New technologies such as twitter and Facebook have allowed us a larger glimpse into the lives of the people we consider to be our idols. The question that remains though: is what we see real or is it just crafted to make us like our favourite celebrities more?

Twitter and Facebook accounts for celebrities are managed. Celebrities make sure to post what they want people to see, they make sure that they’re ‘followers’ perceive them the way that they want to be perceived. That’s not to say that they aren’t who they claim to be but they are always mindful that they are on a global stage and their own personal reputation is not damaged as their future income depends on whether or not these celebrities can maintain their audience/followers.

Most celebrities make sure that they always stay current news, like the old adage ‘any publicity is good publicity’. There are celebrities that feel this is important and so they take some edgy risks like Miley Cyrus and her ‘twerking ‘ incident. Although the ‘twerking’ incident happened weeks ago, it is still talked about and the public still wonder how she can be so careless as to do something like that on a public stage in front of her colleagues and most of the world.  The event captured You Tube. At one point Miley was a role model for young girls her age and was idolised for her music but, in her desire to break out of her good girl image she has damaged her reputation.

With social media being such a large platform it’s hard to know whether what we see is real or whether its crafter to illicit a certain emotional response from us. But the question needs to be asked are celebrities the only ones who engage in such behaviour? Aren’t we all guilty of the same thing? After all we manage our own social media pages so that an aspect of our personality is transmitted online for all our own ‘followers’ to see, so that we can remain popular in our own circles.