The document discusses how celebrities, media leaders, and readers all contribute to the gossip industry. Celebrities must craft compelling public representations to maintain popularity and attention from readers. Media leaders generate profit by creating sensationalized stories and visuals that attract readers but sometimes spread false rumors. Readers drive demand for the latest celebrity gossip. Social media allows celebrities to directly engage audiences but also exposes them to increased privacy invasions. The paparazzi industry also exploits celebrities for monetary gain by taking invasive photos.

1. Leaders, Readers and the
Players Research finding from Charlie
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Playe
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Reader
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The magazines
The use of visualization and ‘glossy’ words
of the players (celebrities) personal lives
creates an entertaining serial and attracts
the readers’ attention, thus boosting sales
of the leaders (those who make the
magazine) and brining in more readers to
their magazine. This, however, can create
a false representation; a shocking split or
a rumor will still attract readers by wanting
to know if it is true.
The players, however, need to portray a
representation to grow to be well known,
even if they need to create a false rumor
on a recent event or their popularity
decreases with what they do. When stars
do not attract attention by their
representation, then they are not
newsmakers anymore – this is called an
expiry date. This then creates a new ideal,
thus creating a new story for the readers
and profit for both the leaders and the
Stars grow great through the
gossip, yet can loose popularity at
the same time.
The readers, players and leaders all run the gossip industry
based upon their representation of the article –
Readers use their perspective and context to affect
interpretation and representation of the article
Leaders create a visualization and ‘glossy’ article to
represent a false representation
Players need to create a representation to get noticed
in the news and by the readers

2. Who is Jason?
Why did Jason do this?
She was pregnant?
Did he cheat with
teenager?
WHOSE GETTING
MARRIED?!
HOW BAD WAS
IT?!
They know all!!
I must know!!
I Can’t believe I did this.
He got my pregnant – who’s going to
have the baby?
Don’t worry – I’ll survive .
. .
Why did he do this
for!
This would be good to
be put in the news!
People will want to read
this!
“Beat me up”
“Bombshell!
”
“Shocking!”
Leaders Readers Players
“Wins”
“Tells
all!!”
“Custody”
“Romance
”
The gossip cycle

3. How Social Networking effects
celebrities
Social network is one of the ways celebrities share their social (and some personal)
lives to the public audience/users.
This, however, can be taken as a way to exploit explicit celebrity (and even the publics)
shame and to bring them down the popularity/success ladder. This can create anxiety,
struggle and even depression towards the celebrity/public culture – making life a
struggle for the time being.
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Pics
On the other hand, social network is a way to gain publicity by doing good things –
celebrities doing charity work, inspiring the younger audience to do good things too and
even just enjoying themselves have positive impact on how they are represented.

4. Celebrity Culture and the
Paparazzi
Celebrity Photo
Leak
The most recent exploitation of celebrity privacy
was the the scandal of all the nude photos of
popular celebrities. These photos of stars like
Jennifer Lawrence, Kristen Dunst, Ariana
Grande and many more were leaked onto the
site 4Chan then widely spread though the site
Reddit under the sub-Reddit ‘The Fappening’ by
John Randall Meneses (right).
Jennifer Lawrence’s rep comments:
“This is a flagrant invasion of privacy. The authorities
have been contacted and will prosecute anyone who
posts the stolen photos of Jennifer Lawrence.
The star has yet to make an appearance since
the scandal.

5. Paparazzi
This is another example of the
extremities that paparazzi’s go in order
to obtain a story. This is even more
evident as the price people pay for
incriminating information on these
celebrities is high and some paparazzi
make around £150,000 a year.
Although they are riddled with
controversy and criticisms, many
celebrities need the paparazzi to
maintain popularity and sometimes
notoriety. Stars like Paris Hilton made
their career by committing
questionable acts that were all captured
by ‘lurking’ paparazzi.