The public eye has always followed, to the point of stalker paparazzi, celebrities’ movements. While some of them soak up the publicity, most wish to be left alone and have some sort of normalcy. So why all the sudden are they letting us in, by reaching out through Twitter?
Twitter is a cell phone application and website that allows you to post 140 character updates about what you are doing. It is a new form of mass communication. You can tell everyone you know that you are at the dentist, got a promotion, or in a bad mood. There is a certain amount of narcissism that goes into this, thinking that everyone should care about your every thought and action, but it looks like this is the sort of attitude that our society is heading towards. Apparently celebrities are just as self-important as we are (they have a reason to be though) and can twitter too. This way, Twitter not only allows you to stay connected to friends and family, but it lets you feel connected to celebrities.
Many celebrities have joined twitter because it is the “hip” thing to do. Most of them have motives behind it besides just loving their fans that much. It could be a big ego or to incrase their exposure and increase their popularity. Some celebs definitely use it as a promotional tool, to gain hype. Brittney Spears’s entourage writes her twitters and they supposedly generally read something like “Congrats on the #1 Album Britney!! We're all so happy for your here at Team Britney!” Like Brittney, most celebrities don’t actually write their own twitters. They are done by an assistant, which just shows that the celebrities themselves don’t actually care that much. Most are just using it for a little shameless self-promotion.
But of course could care less, because we just want to know what Dave Matthews ate for dinner.
Posted by Julia Cooch
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