ThirstyFish

"Jennifer Lopez's bottom (popo) is here". This is both sad and funny, especially the fact that the photograph was taken in Izmir. Celebrity culture is now global.

The phenomenon of boom in celebrity culture in the recent years is explained in two ways. The first, through "artificial promotion" by companies that want to sell goods. The second, through a personal need for "drama and spectacle", accomplished by seeing the celebrity as a "god-like" figure. What almost no one talks about is the dangers of embracing celebrity culture. And sadly, only a few actually realize that they are caught up in celebrity culture.

"It is arguable that the success of business propaganda in persuading us, for so long, that we are free from propaganda is one of the most significant propaganda achievements of the twentieth century". -- Alex Carey, Australian writer and social psychologist. Pioneer of the "study of corporate propaganda".