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Johnny Depp and the Dark Side of Celebrity Fandom
He felt that he was seeing people become more unempathetic, angry, and hostile as their social-media use went up.
Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
Liam Payne Faces Backlash Over Larry Stylinson Comments & It Brings Up The Deeper Meaning Behind Fan Fiction
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A 2014 clinical examination of celebrity worship concluded that high levels of standom are associated with psychological difficulties, including “concerns about body image… greater proneness to cosmetic surgery, sensation-seeking, cognitive rigidity, identity diffusion, and poor interpersonal boundaries.” Among other observed struggles were depress
... See moreAmanda Montell • The Age of Magical Overthinking
Two years ago, I wrote in The Business of Fame that we would never again have a celebrity on the scale of Marilyn Monroe or Oprah: celebrities of those eras existed before the noise of the internet, and fame is simply too accessible now. We’re all in our own content bubbles, and celebrity means different things to different people.