Fame_iness Meghan Daum

According to Daum famous is the status of being well known and easily recognized by the people. They are not seen in public places easily and assumed to have a special life. She defines a celebrity as a person who is very famous and not as a real person. She differentiates between actual fame and fame-iness She asserts "it's pretty clear that it's never been a worse time to be famous" which means famous people can grab the attention easily either they do a good deed or bad. One can become famous even without talent because people are interested in scandals and shocking, repulsive behavior. So there is a big competition. Because talented people are competing with notorious people for their humiliating behavior. Daum thinks today's celebrities as different from those of years ago. Years ago one has to labor hard to be famous and become a celebrity. They had to make a strenuous effort to achieve fame. Like an actor had to do auditions and musicians had to play in ...