Stars Micro-Blog Their Lives on Twitter

Twitter, a new internet networking phenomenon which asks the question “what are you doing” is being rapidly picked up by celebrities to not only promote their new projects but to let fans get a glimpse of what their favorite celebrity might be thinking or doing at any given moment. This article deals with some pitfalls and advantages of the website where although you can send messages through your phone there can also be someone else impersonating a star that you are following.
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It seems that celebrities are only using Twitter as a way of helping to advance their careers by making it seem like they are exposing private thoughts in order for individuals to feel like they can connect with them so that they can buy whatever product they are selling. With new networking sites appearing frequently celebrities feel like they must keep up in order to remain popular with the public by simply posting a few sentences about their life every so often. The article mentions MC Hammer, who has been out of the spotlight for many years, saying, “Most of the time you hear something from a celeb when there’s a new project coming.” Yet the article explains that “Hammer doesn’t have a problem exposing his private life – he’ll star in a reality series for A&E this spring.” This leads me to believe that if it were not for his upcoming show, MC Hammer would not be on Twitter trying to get fans interested in his new show about his personal life by micro-blogging about it. It goes back to the old saying that “bad press is good press” and celebrities are willing to reveal otherwise intimate moments of their lives, which may be embarrassing, just to keep the general public interested in them – which is displayed perfectly in Ashton Kutcher’s tweet which states, “This just in demy doesn’t pee or poop or fart…ever.”

A positive side is that it is a great idea that many of the celebrities mentioned use twitter as a kind of business platform mainly to endorse upcoming events, television shows, or movies. Since each “tweet” only allows 140 characters a fan can get short, quick updates from the stars that they are following and they can also feel like they can communicate directly with them if a celebrity decides to reply to their tweet.

Blog Post Written By: Linda K. German-Bannister
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