Traditional celebrity rests on achievement or position but fame itself has other sources

Evidence

For most people, the mere mention of the word “celebrity” invokes a visual image of a glamorous Hollywood actor, probably strutting down the red carpet at award ceremonies. Or perhaps you imagine a pop singer performing live on stage to thousands of enthusiastic fans raving in a mosh pit. For others, celebrities can also be internationally known public figures who are prolific for their social status, such as the former President of the USA Barack Obama. Regardless, in the traditional or legacy media industries of cinema, television, radio, music, and print, we have tended to associate the idea of celebrity to an achievement, talent, or position. But being a celebrity in the sense of having fame or being well known is not always tied to these rational and tangible sources. — Crystal Abidin, Internet Celebrity, 64

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Proximity to a celebrity can confer fame onto otherwise unknown people. — Alice E. Marwick, Instafame: Luxury Selfies in the…, 53; Micro-celebrity involves fame detached from any discernible achievement or work — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 316; Web fame cannot create traditional celebrity but produces a distinct micro-celebrity instead — Theresa M. Senft, Camgirls: Celebrity and Community in…, 194 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Reality TV decoupled celebrity from objective merit or achievement #exemplifies (0.85) — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 844
• Web fame cannot create traditional celebrity but produces a distinct micro-celebrity instead #expands (0.82) — Theresa M. Senft, Camgirls, 194
• Proximity to a celebrity can confer fame onto otherwise unknown people. #expands (0.80) — Alice E. Marwick, Instafame, 53
• Micro-celebrity involves fame detached from any discernible achievement or work #exemplifies (0.80) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 316
• Micro-celebrity status requires achievements, not just self-promotion #contradicts (0.80) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 335
• Fame moved from costly status signal to media-bestowed aura to discounted ordinariness #qualifies (0.75) — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 547
• Fame shifted from costly earned status to broadcast and reality-driven attention #qualifies (0.75)
• Celebrity culture shifted from awe at achievement to flattering self-mirroring #qualifies (0.72) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 397