2. 1. How do you become a
pop star
• Well placed news stories:
“Lady Gaga might be a
hermaphrodite”
• Famous
boyfriend/girlfriend: Taylor
Kinney - Actor
• Attendance at premieres
and parties: “Lady Gaga at
‘The Great Gatsby’
premiere”
• Features in magazines:
Vogue
3. 2. Stars As Constructions
• Constructed artificial image
• Unique Selling Point/Iconic Representation:
sense of fashion/style
Lady Gaga wears ‘meat dress’
to MTV Music Video Awards
4. 3. Industry and Audience
• Product of their record company/manager.
• E.g. Lady Gaga before and after she became
famous.
Before After
5. 4. Ideology and Culture
• Lady Gaga has a unique fashion sense thqat is
almost impossible to copy. This makes her
difficult to idealise. It is however because of
her fashion sense and image she portrays that
has created her fan base.
6. 5. Character and
Personality
• Similarly to industry and
audience, Lady Gaga was
created. Before her name
was Stephanie Germanotta
but her stage name ‘Lady
Gaga’ has become the
persona that everyone
chooses to call her by. She is
made to be presented as a
‘wild child’ someone to
idolise as the inner workings
of a woman’s mind rather
than what women represent
in the physical sense.
