Research On Whether Being A Celebrity Is A Sacrifice Of Privacy

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Research on whether being a celebrity is a sacrifice of privacy
In the digital age, the celebrities grapple with maintaining privacy and at times dignity while seeking to connect with the audience. Celebrities do become accustomed to being adorned ands exchange the right of anonymity with fame, while they also tend to feel exposed with few places where they can experience privacy (Rockwell and. Giles 186). While fans have adored celebrities throughout various generations the advent of the internet and popularity of some tabloid publications, has meant that the private life of celebrities is scrutinized more than ever before. Public fascination with the lives of celebrities has meant that they have had to sacrifice privacy.
People get information on the lives of celebrities from their fashion ware to more private aspects of their lives including the parenting styles and love lives. This is mostly in the Western culture where even the celebrities seek publicity through traditional and online media platforms. At other times, there are various paparazzi following them around. Even for celebrities who are more private and do not like the limelight, there are cases where the details of their personal details are leaked to the media (Gay). For the gossip magazines getting details on the lives of the celebrities’ means that some personal details are in the public as there are intrusions of privacy.
The growing popularity of social media provides through which the celebrities can connect more easily with their fans and the public. In most cases, their social media profiles are public that anyone can view their online social media activities and posts (Kane 239-330). While there are those who do this for self promotion, it is increasingly crucial for them to seem ‘connected’ to the world. Even as celebrities know that their lives are fodder for gossip, their dignity is compromised when there are intimate leaks of their private leak. This has especially affected female celebrities whose nudes have been leaked by malicious people. Unauthorized disclosure of such information is injurious to celebrities.
Not only do people, ask intrusive questions to celebrities, butt they also are more likely to photograph them at any moment (Gay). When you choose to be a celebrity it is as though you are signed up for privacy intrusions even while they get fame and fortune, and this is especially for women in the public eye (Gay). Even while there are public celebrities who accept the publicity and scrutiny surrounding their lives, few are thrilled by scandals that are highly publicized except for those seeking to profit from their notoriety. According to Rockwell and Giles (185) at times, those experiencing fame are ill-equipped to deal with the attention and lose privacy where they lose ‘ownership of their lives’ as they are in the public limelight.
For celebrities, achieving anonymity in the digital media is increasingly challenging where they even tend to share information. Even as celebrities share information voluntarily, sometimes private information is leaked through the internet. Unlike before where the tabloid magazines were the main sources of information on celebr...