Celebrities have always seemed like these larger than life figures that we could only see on the big screen or in some stadium, but now with the use of social media, they seem like real people that we can connect to. Twitter and Facebook allow us to see into the personal lives of these once unknown human beings. Now we can see their day to day, what they are doing, what they are thinking, or anything they want to post. It makes them more normal and human to us. But this easy connection to celebrities also has a down side, it allows us to communicate very easily with celebrities and say what ever we want. There are some people that tak advantage of this connection and tweet to celebrities really mean things, its like we have now forgotten that celebrities are actually people and will read these tweets. I find it amazing that celebrities can take the tweets with a grain of salt and even make fun of them, like they do on the Jimmy Kimmel Show when they read mean tweets about themselves http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/jimmy-kimmel-live/video/PL5520978/_m_VDKA0_6eand317.
I think we need to be more conscious of what our words say, and remember that celebrities although now more accessible are still people, and should still have that larger than life feel.
This is another blog that takes about how social media has changed celebrity culture forever.
http://www.homebiz.bukiki.com/how-twitter-has-changed-celebrity-culture-forever/#axzz2Z2CcPMQh
Sunday, July 14, 2013
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About Me!
Hello All!
My name is Zoe Baumgarten, and this is my first time writing a blog. This blog will probably be about anything I feel like writing about that day. I usually go on news websites every day, so what ever story I find especially interesting I will probably write about. First, I will just tell you a little bit about myself: I am going to be a senior in the fall at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. So far I have loved my first three cold years up in the middle of nowhere, where I am studying to be an Operations Research Engineer. Operations Research Engineering, I like to think of as business engineering, because it deals with optimization methods, modeling, statistical analysis, and system design, which are all used in creating a better business. I chose this major because I knew for a very long time that I wanted to be an engineer, but also as I got older I became fascinated by finance, and ORE meshed the two together. Besides school I am a figure skaters. I am currently on the Cornell Figure Skating Team and I am events chair. In high school I was a very competitive figure skater, but now I just do it for fun and stress release. I am also in the Sorority Kappa Delta.
I chose this blog format because I liked how easy it was to create and customize the blog format.
My name is Zoe Baumgarten, and this is my first time writing a blog. This blog will probably be about anything I feel like writing about that day. I usually go on news websites every day, so what ever story I find especially interesting I will probably write about. First, I will just tell you a little bit about myself: I am going to be a senior in the fall at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. So far I have loved my first three cold years up in the middle of nowhere, where I am studying to be an Operations Research Engineer. Operations Research Engineering, I like to think of as business engineering, because it deals with optimization methods, modeling, statistical analysis, and system design, which are all used in creating a better business. I chose this major because I knew for a very long time that I wanted to be an engineer, but also as I got older I became fascinated by finance, and ORE meshed the two together. Besides school I am a figure skaters. I am currently on the Cornell Figure Skating Team and I am events chair. In high school I was a very competitive figure skater, but now I just do it for fun and stress release. I am also in the Sorority Kappa Delta.
I chose this blog format because I liked how easy it was to create and customize the blog format.
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