How has the internet changed celebrity?

Asked by Imadethisupwithnoforethought (14682

) June 5th, 2012

I was looking over random internet links at people who have become famous for specialized reasons this evening.

In this particular case, a woman is world renowned for her work as a co-splay actress.

Has the internet changed celebrity in a significant way? Has the concept of being a celebrity changed now that we have 2000 cable channels and the internet fracturing the public attention?

What is the threshold for being a “celebrity” when human entertainment habits are fractured to a high degree?

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It makes celebrity much closer to us. We can become celebrities, if only for 15 minutes and if only for a spectacularly painful fall in a Youtube video. But it also makes celebrities closer to us, where we can talk with them and get actual responses on Twitter or Tumblr, or watch their Youtube videos and have discussions with them in the comments. Like Felicia Day’s ‘Vaginal Fantasy Hangout’. Just sayin’.

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