Thinking back on Halloween, it amazes me to see how much the media is relevant in our lives. A common costume theme is to dress up as a celebrity or another Hollywood icon. In burlington, I saw over a dozen Hunter S. Thompson look a likes. Celebrities lives are exploited daily to the public through the media, which is what defines our culture. The media is everywhere and these people live life with limited privacy. The public feels as if they know these celebrities because of how often they hear about them no TV, online, newspapers, books, etc. which is why it is so easily to imitate a celebrity.
As a young child, a popular costume idea is the scariest costume possible (for boys anyway). As you get older and more induced by the media, people actually attempt to recreate these celebrities. Although many have the same costume idea, there are thousands of celebrities who are exploited to often to the public. In fact, the job of these publicists and public relation companies is to advocate these celebrities as people who are better than you! This demonstrates uses of persuasion by using these celebrities as testimonials and using repetition.
This is also the perfect example of a cultural shift, these popular celebrities are shaping our culture. They are the people who are known world wide and people look up to them as they used to to false idols way back when.
I looked for articles relating to celebrities and the media influencing costumes and this is an article I found on
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