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March 02, 2006
REALLY?
I NEVER would have guessed.
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(full story here)
Brad and Angelina, Tom and Katie, Nick and Jessica -- it seems people can’t get enough of hearing about the gritty details of celebrities’ lives.
It's called being "star struck" and it's a phenomenon that is not only bigger than life -- it's bigger than ever.
"You have a confluence of forces coming together in technology and the media to make it happen and it's worldwide and it's multiplying like lice," says Stuart Fischoff, PhD, spokesman for the American Psychological Association and professor emeritus of media psychology at the California State University at Los Angeles.
Indeed, from the international mania of the New York Post's Page Six, to increasing circulation of celebrity-driven publications like People, US, OK, and In Style, to the cult star status of gossip reporters like Entertainment Tonight's Mary Hart and the New York Daily News’ Rush & Malloy, there is no question that all-things-celebrity have captured -- and are keeping -- our attention like never before.
But what drives our endless fascination with celebrity worship? And more importantly, can its enticing seduction ever be harmful to our health?
The answer, it seems, depends a lot on who is doing the worshipping --and the reasons why.
Posted by Cate at March 2, 2006 08:16 PM
