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Traditionally, the voice of
older people controlled the entire society.
That is, when making important decisions, young people frequently
consulted wisdom and experience of older generation. However, nowadays this is not necessarily
true. In the midst of the age of mass
media, opinions of celebrities have insurmountable impact on younger
generation, since young people blindly imitate seemingly luxurious lifestyle of
celebrities and the generation gap has irrevocably widened.
To begin with, the young people mimic celebrities without
any second thought. Impressed by the
rather distorted and exaggerated depiction of celebrities in televisions, the
young people blithely idolize and follow famous entertainers or athletes. For instance, Britney Spears, a famous teen
pop singer during 2000s, was once captured eating a diet lollipop. Though not scientifically proven, the
paparazzi photos of her sucking that lollipop were suffice enough for thousand
of naive American girls to purchase those lollipops in the hope of losing
weight. Indeed, the sales of diet
lollipop have risen more than 60%, proving the importance of celebrities in
influencing the young people.
Furthermore, the young people now incline to ignore older
people’s opinions due to deeply rooted generation gap. Nowadays, the young people deem the history
and senior citizens as outdated, unable to keep track of the newest technology. For example, many Koreans deliberately decide
not to commemorate death of ancestors in Confucius holidays. Even though older people emphasizes the
importance of Confucius holidays in formulating our Korean culture, the younger
generation still continues to disobey them, saying they do not understand the
modern society.
As such, opinions of celebrities are more important to
young people than older people. Just as
Britney Spears’ diet lollipops and rapidly disappearing Confucius holidays
manifest, nowadays opinions of celebrities are more valued. However, one should always remember that
without old people’s efforts and prudent decisions, our society might not have
developed as it is right now.
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