subject: From Hollywood To Nyc Celebrities Connect To Fans With 4g [print this page] The entertainment industry is more present in the public psyche than ever before. It is booming and people can't stop talking, whether it is about the latest film, tabloid news, or what Lady Gaga wore to the last awards show. The entertainment business has become a part of our everyday lives thanks to the advent of wireless internet. Internet has become the fastest growing forum for keeping up with our favorite celebrities. From pictures uploaded to twitter of celebrity spottings in New York City to facebook status updates about encounters at the Los Angeles Jamba Juice.
In the land of celebrities, namely the Hollywood Hills and New York City, no celebrity is safe from the mobile upload snapshot. However, most of today's hippest celebrities are taking technology as an opportunity rather than an annoyance. Many celebrities have created their own twitter accounts and facebook fan pages as a way to connect with fans on their own terms. To them, this is better than having the paparazzi, tabloid reporters, and interviewers looking for an angle speak to their fans for them. Because of the accessibility that wireless internet provides, celebrities can speak directly to their fans and they are free to be themselves.
While some celebrities feel the pressure to connect is a bit suffocating, others take it in stride and find that they get a lot of support from dedicated followers. What a 4G connection between celebrities and fans allows is a more personal relationship. It's not that every celebrity has an individual relationship with every single fan, that would be impossible. What it can do is add some faces to a sea of fans and let entertainers better connect with their fan base. People can give critiques and suggestions, and can offer encouraging words when the media is being particularly brutal.
What a wireless internet connection does is take out the middle man, which in this case is massive media corporations. The life of the celebrity isn't glamourized and sensationalized when they are directly connecting with their fans about real life things. When Taylor Swift twitters about tripping over her own feet, when Justin Beiber laughs at himself for walking into a glass door, or when Katie Perry posts a picture of her dog on facebook people can relate to them as real people. This is often the problem with media sensationalism, stars are treated as superhuman and if they don't adhere to those superhuman standards, the media consequently attacks them for it.
Using 4G mobile to connect to fans is an opportunity for celebrities to be human again in the eyes of their fans. Yes, it takes more effort to connect on their part but if they're not talking to their fans the media is doing it for them. Ultimately it leads to a more supportive and loyal fan base that won't believe the things the tabloids print. Connecting to people is what the entertainment industry is all about, whether it's through movies, music, TV or performance art entertainers are out to tap into a collective consciousness. What better way to fuel this creative synergy between celebrities and fans than by supporting it with a connection that runs deeper than box office or album sales.
