▶ Your Answer :
In current days, lots of celebrities give
own opinions about diverse topics including politics, environments, or health
care. It is controversial that for which ages, between young people and older
people, celebrities' opinions are important. I believe that the opinions of
celebrities would be more important to youngsters. It would be more influential
and persuasive than opinions from others for them.
To begin with, the opinions of celebrities
are influential, especially for young people. For these days, many celebrities
try to communicate with their fans by using SNS(Social Network Service; for
example, Facebook, Tumblr, and Twitter). The major user of this service is
young people. In addition, the characteristic of young users is fast forwarding,
sharing speed. Thus, what celebrities say spreads fast. According to the result
conducted by Korean National University, only one hour is required to spread
some news into all 20’s in the world. On the other hand, three days are needed
to spread same news into all 40’s in the world. In other words, lots of young
people can be assimilated with what celebrities say.
Furthermore, the opinions of celebrities
are persuasive. Generally, the more people are young, the more likely to imagine
of what they want to be. Hence, lots of youngsters follow celebrity trends. They
even try to share emotions or feelings of celebrities. This is why young people
are easily moved from what celebrities say. For example, until a Korean famous
singer insists that pets be well-treated more than current condition, most
people except who loves pets were indifferent about animal cruelties. After the
singer’s opinion, lots of young people including their family members,
relatives participated in the signature-collecting campaign for protecting
abused pets.
A strong word can change public opinion.
Celebrities’ opinions can be a strong word because their saying is influential
and convincing. Remember, the opinions’ power of influence and persuasiveness
are being originated from young people. Taking all above things into account,
celebrities’ opinions are more important to young people than old people.
|