HUMN240-1-4-4-Je' - Celebrity Cult

The popularity of social media definitely owes some of its success to the ‘heroes’ & ‘celebrity’ for its popular influence on people. Bandwagon theories are ever prevalent because the individuals using this formality can gauge their popularity by how many ‘likes’ they have or ‘followers’ they have on sites like Facebook and Twitter. If a celebrity is not self promoting or casually talking about their day they receive several comments, replies, and retweets; and some post even get selected as a ‘favorite’ by their following. This type of influence is both a gift and a curse because when issues say for instance Trayvon Martin once the ‘elite’ picked up on the story and thru their two cents in the masses began to care and follow. Moving forward the recent movie massacre is another story that received popularity on sites even such as Google+. Analyze closely we can deviate the differences among the youth and how they interpret the social media and its endeavors.  When you do that you began to see what some feel is a problem and others not but the influence that some ‘heroes’ or ‘celebrities’ have on their ‘fans’ are scary. Too much ‘respect’ is given to people many do not even know personally and they trust them before they would someone they do know personally. In theory social media and its popularity are unifying the masses thru various outlets passing and sharing information some for the good and others for the bad. Take away the fear of the weak mined and consider the theories to be debunked when the actions are not sustained by their definition; just because you’re a celeb or someone’s idols should not make you popular automatically.