What are celebrities? Today, we live in a society that tends to drown our daily lives in mass media such as tabloids, reality shows, newspapers like the New York Times, and personal interest magazines like People and Us, to get a glimpse of interesting lives. everyday celebrities. Some might say that a celebrity is someone who is idolized while Daniel Boorstin, author of the book The Image: Or What Happened to the American Dream, states that a celebrity "is someone who is known for their notoriety » (Epstein1). But the question remains: what are celebrities? According to Epstein, a celebrity is something or someone who may be talented and full of achievements and yet wish to further spread one's fame through careful cultivation of fame, while one may be the complete opposite of achievements and being less talented and yet still being on the opposite side of achieving and being less talented. made to appear otherwise thanks to the mechanics and dynamics of celebrity creation (Epstein2). Celebrity culture is epidemic today; Some might agree that it is sweeping America in harmful ways, while others might argue that it is beneficial to our society. Over the past few decades, fame and fame have changed dramatically, from Alexander the Great to Kim Kardashian. Talent and achievements no longer play a huge role when it comes to our celebrities. “Much of modern celebrity seems to be the result of careful promotion, good looks, or something beyond talent and achievement” (Epstein2), that being said, the creation of celebrities has become an industry in its own right. Staying on top of all the rumors, from breakups to dating, lawsuits and drama, many could agree that celebrity culture is starting to be the big new art form of our new generation and that it... middle of paper ... will be the result of a dying civilization and will not fit into the fabulous and unrealistic lives we describe. People “will respond with a fury and vengeance that will choke out the remnants of our anemic democracy and usher in a new dark age” (Hedges3). Once the houses are lost and our money runs out, then it will be too late to do anything. CitedsourceQuotationGabler, Neal. “Celebrity culture is beneficial.” Celebrity culture. Ed. Romain Espejo. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2011. Opposing Viewpoints. Rep. from “The Greatest Show on Earth”. Newsweek (December 12, 2009). Opposing viewpoints in context. Internet. November 27, 2013 Hedges, Chris. “Celebrity culture is harmful.” Celebrity culture. Ed. Romain Espejo. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2011. Opposing Viewpoints. Rep. from “Addicted to Nonsense.” Truth on ig.com. 2009. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Internet. November 27. 2013