Part 4: Conclusion
Below: 60 pictures. 60 seconds. 60 brushes with celebrities. 60 opportunities to prove it happened. The obsession with celebrity culture has inundadted every aspect of our life. Social media has laid the foundation for celebrity obsession to thrive especially when accompanied by a 24 hour news cycle and the need the fill air time. Fangirls everywhere are using social media to find celebrities and share their experiences. Celebrity stalkers use social media to find celebrities, share their experiences and build their own following. Social media promotes this phenomenon. As Sophia states in her interview there are personal benefits to sharing a post with a celebrity, but Liv feels that it’s embarassing to post a picture with a celebrity and that it is yet another way people overshare. People may think you’re cool, you get a lot of “likes”, and you may even become a celebrity yourself. However, taking the picture and posting the moment all over social media, arguably diminishes the intimacy of the experience and can ruin the possibility of having a more human interaction with your idol. While an obsession with celebrity culture doesn’t necessarily hurt anybody, the fact that social media is all about instant gratification, and “celebrity” itself is so fleeting, we set ourselves up for disappointment; there will always be another celebrity and another picture waiting around the corner.