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Is our obsession getting out of hand? Tune in to one-night exclusive documentary “Celebrity Obsession” on Channel 4.
Nowadays, everything in the media seems to focus on celebrity lifestyles; what are they doing? What are they wearing? Where do they go on holiday? “Celebrity Obsessions investigates the minds of our teens in order to find out what is so interesting about celebrity culture and the effect that this is leaving on society. Izzy Turner has aimed to get a deeper insight into how the constant media reporting of celebrity lifestyles influences young people.
On average, teens spend more than one-third of their days using media, including phones and laptops. This equates to roughly nine hours per day. Whilst teens are on their phone or laptop, they are constantly being bombarded with images of celebrities and celebrity updates via Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat stories. This is bound to leave a large affect on teens, with roguhly one in four teens admitting that they are influenced by celebrities rather than people they know,
During the documentary the investigator and presenter, Izzy Turner visits local schools in Southend-on-sea in Essex, in order to gain the view of students and teens directly.
We get to hear about the negative consequences of celebrity culture. During an interview with a sixth form student, we understand that teens can often develop self-image problems and self-esteem issues after constantly seeing photoshopped celebrities in magazines, as well as on social media.
However, we also gain an understanding of the postitive infleunce celebrities are leaving, which many people have never thought about before. The programme leaves us with information about how much celebrities are actually able to help young people, which is never really reported on by the media. We are left with a much deeper insight on both the good and the bad.
Tweet your thoughts on Tuesday at 9pm using #celebrityobsession.
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