Celebrity and the Media.

• You will consider a statement about celebrity status and privacy then deliver a Ppt presentation to support your points.
• Key Terms: Telephoto, Privacy.

Celebrity culture:

is one were people are obsessed with celebrity. These celebrities may not have accomplished much but often have extensive media coverage.

In this country over recent years, a celebrity culture has been established. We as the audience have become very interested in the public and private lives of a range of celebrities from different areas of the media. This generation of young people can feel as though they have a close relationship with someone who is a celebrity.

Task 1:

Discuss and make notes; how do we keep in touch with and find out information about celebrity.

Task 2:

Discuss and make notes; is this a good or a bad thing?

Task 3:

• Answer these questions in as much detail as possible;

• What do we understand by the term celebrity?

• Where in the media would you expect to find celebrities?

• Who would you say are the celebrities that are getting most media coverage at the moment?

• Why? What have they done?

• Are all celebrities represented in a positive way in the media?

• Give some examples of media texts were you will see positive AND negative representations of celebrities.

• Consider the following statements about stars and celebrities:

1. Famous people need the media.
2. The media should not invade the private lives of stars and celebrities.
3. Stars are complex representations of real people.

Homework:

Find out as much as you can about the phone hacking scandal of 2003 and why it ended in the closing of the News of the World, a national Sunday newspaper and how this has led to greater regulation of the press.

Bring this in on Monday October 6th. Write in your orange books.