Eyewitness viral stars are accidental celebrities manufactured by television news networks
Evidence
âEyewitness viral starsâ considers the creation of an accidental and transient form of viral internet celebrity. Such persons are usually interviewees on television news, many of whom are victims of the incidents being reported about, who attain overnight fame through news-reporting strategies and news network circuits that curate and disseminate their sensational and memorable eyewitness accounts on social media as humor and clickbait. They are usually mobilized by television news networks to generate content for their programs and social media platforms. â Crystal Abidin, Internet Celebrity, 150
Categorization
- DEFINE: Defines the first of the five-types taxonomy: âeyewitness viral starâ as an accidental, transient celebrity curated by news networks.
- XREF: connects to: Traditional media smear viral stars to protect their own declining attention market share â Crystal Abidin, Internet Celebrity: Understanding FameâŠ, 206; Television could manufacture overnight celebrities from ordinary contestants. â Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 482; Fraudsters transformed into celebrities in the 2010s through media coverage of their crimes â W. David Marx, Blank Space: A Cultural History of theâŠ, 575 (+6 more)
Broader Connections
- Traditional media smear viral stars to protect their own declining attention market share
#complicates(0.85) â Crystal Abidin, Internet Celebrity, 206 - Television could manufacture overnight celebrities from ordinary contestants.
#corroborates(0.80) â Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 482 - Micro-celebrity status can be imposed by media regardless of self-presentation
#expands(0.80) â Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 345 - Fraudsters transformed into celebrities in the 2010s through media coverage of their crimes
#corroborates(0.75) â W. David Marx, Blank Space, 575 - Reality TV decoupled celebrity from objective merit or achievement
#corroborates(0.75) â Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 844