Teenagers Rebel - But is it because their idols influence them to do it?
Celebrities: sometimes we love them, sometimes we hate them. But have you noticed how much they influenced teenagers? The majority of celebrities understand the great responsibilities that come with being a child’s hero but how many of them actually take their responsibility seriously? How many of them care what people think of them? How many of them are just in it for the money? How many of them actually realise that they can make a difference in the world? We investigate the positive and negative effects of celebrity behaviour on teenagers.
Some celebrities, such as Sandra Bullock, Angelina Jolie, Rachel Weisz and Live 8 organiser Bob Geldof, give off a example. Sandra Bullock split her earnings for Miss. Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous and gave 60% of it away to a charity for supporting children in Africa. Angelina Jolie not only spent time in Africa but adopted her two beautiful children (not including hers and Brad Pitt’s baby, Shiloh Nouvel) Maddox and Zahara from poor countries but also is involved in a number of charities.
Rachael Weisz is following suit by involving herself more in charity work and also spent time in Africa as well. And then you have Bob Geldof…and we all know what he’s been doing with Live Aid and the fairly recent Live 8. But honestly, who would you put as your idol in a questionnaire-Bob Geldof or a glamorous supermodel like Tyra Banks who isn't widely known for helping people.
However, there are some celebrities that don’t set a positive example. Celebrities such as Gangster Rap Kings 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre have been promoted by revealing their criminal past. 50 Cent released a movie earlier called Get Rich or Die Trying all about his past life and about ho he was shot nine times. Snoop Dogg was arrested at Heathrow Airport after he had caused an argument because he was refused entry in the first class lounge. And did you know that Speed star Keanu Reeves was in hospital after demon riding (driving at night without headlights on which is illegal) before the filming on the first Matrix movie and was nearly paralysed?
"This week we taped Honey I shrunk the Kids off the Disney Channel and they were watching it, and that is it now-everything they do. They have taken on the names of the characters and they’re acting out everything from the film, which isn’t a bad thing because there is nothing in it. But it did make me think, at least when I put on a video on I know what I am giving them to watch, whereas some of the television channels, I just won’t let them watch.”
-Anonymous Parents
The news and nearly all magazines only focus on the negative attention when it comes not only to celebrities, but world issues. This makes teenagers want to be more like their idols and heroes. All this negativity on teenagers form stereotypes-not all teenagers are like that. So is it the celebrity’s fault or is it the media’s fault? You decide.
By Gurpreet Kaur Sihat
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3 comments:
yh celebs do have a big influence of teenagers and need to be careful wat kind of image they r putting out there for their younger fans who worship them.
but its all part of show biz, and not all celebs out there deserve fame, since they dont have any talent apart from selling their bodies. being famous gives u a platform to raise awareness and they should take advantage of that.
But many celebrities r just doing there job ie. singing, acting or modelling, and if they are putting a healthy image out there then i think its fine.
I think that some celebrities use their "power for evil rather than good!" They make all these TV shows and things and they big themselves up and everything but really, they aren't thinking about what would happen if someone else was to be exactly like them. I mean, Paris Hilton was arrested, Snoop Dogg was arrested, loads of celebrities died of overdoeses or sucide or things, apparently, there were a few suicides over brad pitt getting together with angelina jolie! People aspire to be like celebrities and I think that they should start to think about the kind of negative attention they're getting and try to gain some positive attention instead like, as you said, Bob Geldof!
I think alot of it is also about the media, journalists can make a person or destroy a person, and many times it is the media who miss use their power.
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