OSP: Influencers and celebrity culture

 Q1: Through the use of user generated content. Which allows anyone to come up and create their interesting and unique content that is then fed to the consumer and has chances of some success but it is much more harder nowadays due to billions now using the web

Q2:Western views like Capitalism has spread throughout continents like Africa, Asia and has spread its ideology mostly everywhere as the internet is mostly  

Q3: By continuously accepting sponsors from advertisers and continuing to make money off them they delve in the idea of capitalism due to just buying and buying all the goods you can.

Q4: It is an example of Post modernism due to the mix of styles that users use to create all the content they can. It also is much harder to tell what is real somewhat and what is fake.

Q5: The content showcased may be dangerous to view for certain demographics like kids or the elderly showcasing content like that can alter their idea of certain topics that may be sensitive so deciding to put no regulation is a dangerous tactic and can have bad side effects for the website.

Q6: These two both presented the idea that the media is controlled by a small number of companies primarily driven by the logic of profit and power. The idea that media concentration generally limits or inhibits variety, creativity and quality.

Q7: Generations differ and the content that is shown a couple years ago has drastically changed over time that is what Gaunlett has said. Kids nowadays have completely different ideas to kids born a good amount of time ago.

Q8: Most celebrity influencers let the power get to their head and decide to abuse the power their given this mostly ends up giving a negative reputation to society and how they view them. But sometimes they are good ones.

Q9:  PR crews to basically boost the rep of the influencer and can help them expand to other communities and boost their popularity.

Q10: Denise Hatton, the chief executive for YMCA England and Wales, said: “We’ve all been guilty of only posting our most flattering pictures on social media. While there’s nothing wrong with wanting to show yourself from your best angle, it’s important that we still like ourselves when we’re not looking our best, which is probably the majority of the time for most of us.”

Social media was already a concern among 11 to 12-year-olds, with 43% of those surveyed claiming individuals they saw on online influenced them.

The charity has joined Dove, the health and beauty products company, for its Be Real Campaign, which is asking people to sign up to its body image pledge,.

It urges social media users to stop editing their pictures and to hold brands and organisations responsible for not promoting healthy body images and diversity.

Hatton said: “Today’s beauty standard is completely unobtainable, leading us to constantly feel bad about our bodies and looks. This is particularly the case for young people and it can have serious effects on their mental and physical wellbeing.

Q11:  Sad as it may be young people can commit sucide to the feeling of depression building up inside of them which they cant get rid of due to the standards of social media.

Q12: Yes it is definitely dangerous for young people regardless of gender or even age but the idea that social media is good for kids is a far fetched terrible idea due to the lack of regulation that can help the kids avoid the type of content that may harm them

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