With the current election being in full swing, I find it only appropriate to blog on that topic! Though I don't believe that in this case that celebrities impact voters too too often, it is still very interesting to see how their political leanings are broadcast over the web as if they will impact their fans.
I thought about this as I was listening to the radio earlier, and after Nicki Minaj's song was over the radio broadcaster commented with, "and that was Nicki Minaj, who is said to endorse Mitt Romney." I'm not sure why, but right after I heard this I searched that trend on my phone. It was taken out of context, of course, because she later revoked the statement and said that wasn't what she meant, but my response to this whole ordeal still amused me. The fact that I am always anxious to check facts I hear about celebrities as soon as I can is kind of a habit that I am not too proud of but I will go ahead and guess that many others have the same guilty pleasure as well.
This goes back to my claim that we are very interested in the lives of celebrities and what choices they decide to make. In this case, I would say that it doesn't as much affect what we will vote (unless someone is completely clueless about current events and has no idea where they stand!), but more of how we look at celebrities. We hear so much about their lives on a daily basis that I suppose we feel it is our business to find out what their political leanings are. The website I found shows pictures of various celebrities sighted at political events and their comments made to media alluding to who they support. For those that are more easily swayed, all they have to do is go on that website and scan through the pictures to find their favorite celebrity and take that information in to possibly make their decision on the upcoming election.
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/celebrities-endorsing-candidates-1.3492954#14
I think your blog this week is pretty interesting. I find it weird that a lot of people are obsessed with following celebrities, learning their lifestyles and even their political views. Personally, celebrities are not in the least interesting enough for me for me to check what they are doing 24 hours throughout the day!
ReplyDeleteMy post is very similar to this! I also touched on celebrity endorsements for politicians. I think it is kind of silly and annoying. People really shouldn't care so much and they need to make up their minds for themselves. However, there are so many outlets for people to obsess over celebrities.
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