Summary Of Lakshmi Chaudhry's Mirror, Mirror On The Web

In the article "Mirror, Mirror On the Web" by Lakshmi Chaudhry, who is a senior editor at In These Times. Her work has appeared in the Village Voice, Wired News, AlterNet, Ms, and Bitch. Her article "Mirror, Mirror on the web" was published in January 29, 2007 discussing how the social media made various of people care about their social life and how they can be famous and make people love them. She stated that there are a lots of social networks that people can use just to be famous and known. Back in 2006 in Times Magazine in every year they talk about someone achievement and that person was always a pop icon and high profile CEOs but nowadays its regular people, bloggers, fashion icons or even anyone that made a stupid thing!

He meant that the relationship between them is together. The more of social network account you have the more famous you will be. She gave an example of the ancient Greece, who back then they have to achieve something remember, like being a night or killing someone just to enter the history. Then she talked about nowadays and when the camera has been invented (Chaudhry 20). It was chronological. " simply being on TV became the ultimate stamp of recognition" ( Chaudhry 20). All what people are thinking is being on TV or being social known in any way they could be. The internet and celebrity over exposure has created the impression that our normal, everyday lives are less significant and unworthy compared to a celeb lifestyle. Therefore, people believe if your not famous, your nobody. " celebrity has become a commodity in it self, detached from and more valuable than wealth or achievement" (Chaudhry 20). People do not care what the thing that could make them famous they just want to be famous that’s all in it. they don’t care about being rich or having money or even being healthy ! they also don’t care if they will do any achievement in their lives they want to be celebrity and that’s