Entertainment - its impact to the Society

How many people do you know who have favourite celebrities and look for them in magazines or movies to see what the next hair or fashion trend is? However, this has brought  the realization that the entertainment industry is constantly changing our perceptions of who we are and is highly responsible for our changing cultural trends. People look at celebrities and completely change their own views and ideals in order to match what they see as perfection.

Why do we look to celebrities and the media for guidelines as to what should make a person happy when we should be happy with what we already have. Its good to want more and strive for higher goals; however, until a person reaches that state, it is important for them to be content with where they are, no matter the way they look, or the amount of money they make.

This trend makes it even harder on our society, making it seem as if a person must be perfect to be successful in this business. This has changed many people into constantly thinking that they are not good enough or good looking enough, which then causes lack of self-fulfillment.

Self-fulfillment and confidence are key ingredients for true happiness, but these ingredients are becoming hard to obtain. The media and entertainment industry are constantly sending out messages of what perfection is, making it difficult for some to be happy and content with the way they are.

Although entertainment industry has negatively affected the minds of people in society, I do not believe that the entertainment industry is bad. I just think that many aspects of this industry  need to be recognized and changed somehow so that our minds are not clouded with this idea of celebrity perfection.

There are numerous television shows which make many look at their own lives, causing them to suddenly want something different. Cosmetic surgery has swept through our society and becoming increasingly common as people want to look like their favorite celebrity and be more beautiful. Girls are perfect examples.Their own image becomes distorted as they see what is considered as beautiful in our society. This is absolutely ridiculous and sends out a message that a person's own identity is not good enough.

Divorce is also much more common in our society, and it is no surprise that this trend is seen with celebrity couples because they get divorced almost daily .Therefore divorce to them is something to expect because they are publicized and this has allowed our society to look at divorce and view it with less and less significance thus changing our perceptions.

Celebrity live extravagantly which is out of reach for many and this makes the not fortunate enough lower their economic status and feel as if their lives and the things that they do for fun or for pleasure suddenly aren't as good as for celebrities who can afford to do whatever they desire. People want something more, something bigger to fulfill their desires.

Society should stop copying celebrities to reflect what the perfect or ideal life is.Looking to the entertainment industry for just that and not as the guide to a perfect life, will help many to be more satisfied and happier with who they are.

The entertainment industry will always have an effect on the society however, we need to work towards the idea of these effects being positive on society. Transforming this, will take a tremendous amount of societal change which is not an easy task. With more people expressing concern over the negative images that the entertainment industry is creating, there will only be an increased chance that things might change for the better.