Should celebrities have their right to privacy? Before newspapers, television, and the internet, ordinary people were not exposed to endless stories about celebrities. Today, however we are bombarded with information about who is dating whom, where they eat, and what they wear from magazines such as People, Entertainment Weekly, and Star. Also, most ordinary people respect the rights of others to a private life. However, some people are just obsessed to get information out of celebrities. They want to know everything about them and have a desire for more information. Celebrities should have their right to privacy due to historical/practical rights, their invasion of privacy with paparazzi, and their children’s rights to privacy. They are ordinary people just with a famous role in life.
Historical/practical rights are one of the biggest issues and it all started back in colonial America. In colonial America, privacy was constrained. Colonial homes were often crowded, affording little privacy. There have been many events about privacy since 1639. In 1787, the U.S. Constitution was written declaring it does not contain an express right of privacy, in Article 1, Section 2, Paragraph 3, the Constitution mandates that a census be conducted every ten years. Critics of the census regard it as a threat to privacy (Right of Privacy Time).
In September 25, 1789, the First Amendment protects people’s privacy of beliefs without government intrusion. The Fourth Amendment protects one’s person and possessions from unreasonable searches and seizures. On February 1, 1886 in Boyd v. U.S. Supreme Court recognized the protection of privacy interests under the Fourth and Fifth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. In the 1890s, the legal concept of pri...
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...ve at home, their career puts them in places that rises questions and places a dark pall over their heads. They know it does, thought they continue to do the things they do; chasing celebrities and ramming their cars, asking profane questions, starting thing on blogs and snapping pictures that are nearly detrimental to the careers of many. They do it just for a paycheck and some for the excitement as well. But is that reason enough and is it for all the wrong reasons? Many of the articles found on the ending of paparazzi hold the same questions, and they remain not answered outright by anyone. Their actions speak volumes, yet we continue to base it off materialistic reasons for snapping the pictures and the apologies they may or may not say. Are the paparazzi going to stop, and how long will it take for us to realise that actions really do speak louder than words.
Several celebrities have testified to having life-threating experiences, especially in those cases where a celebrity may refuse to have their picture taken. Also, a celebrity may try to flee from the paparazzi, thus resulting in a possible car accident. No person should h...
The fight for privacy rights are by no means a recent conflict. In fact, there was conflict even back in the days before the revolutionary war. One of the most well-known cases took place in England, ...
...uld be justifiable to emphasize that a good number of them find it sickening to miss the limelight. . Nonetheless, it goes without mentioning that celebrities get exploited because some gossip stories explore the things that would otherwise be considered to be private.
Over the last few decades celebrity and fame has changed dramatically, from Alexander the Great to Kim Kardashian. Talent and achievements no longer play a huge role when it comes to our celebrities. “Much modern celebrity seems the result of careful promotion or great good looks or something besides talent and achievement” (Epstein2) with that being said celebrity-creation has blossomed into an industry of its own. Keeping up with all the gossips from breaking up to hooking up, law suits and drama many might come to an agreement that celebrity culture is starting to be the great new art form in our new generation and that it ...
“Jon Gosselin caught sneaking out of lover’s house!” “Oprah is gay!” “Kirstie Ally weighs 250 pounds!” “John Travolta’s son dies on the bathroom floor!” These are just a few examples of the startling headlines that might be boldly smeared across, magazines, newspapers, and internet sites. Because of our need to know, various forms of entertainment media devote their entire attention to exposing the personal, private and intimate details of celebrity’s lives. They are captured in embarrassing moments, profound sadness, and deep intimacy. We learn the major and minor details of their lives--from their first kiss to their last divorce. We know where they shop and where they eat, who they date and often whether or not they wear underpants. We have followed them down their road to self destruction and have been waiting at the door when they leave prison, rehab or the hospital. A star’s quest for fame and celebrity is often a trade off that comes with a costly price tag; despite their mega paychecks it is a price even they cannot afford. The price of fame comes at the expense of their personal life and privacy.
We are part of a generation that is obsessed with celebrity culture. Celebrities are distinctive. Media and consumers alike invented them to be a different race of super beings: flawless, divine and above all the real moral world. In a 1995 New York Times article “In contrast, 9 out of 10 of those polled could think of something
...paparazzi the opportunity to make a living. The balance must also be one that will allow creative expression by these artists. But there must also be restraint. Allowing the celebrity to go about a somewhat normal life when on private property, at a child’s school function, at the funeral of a loved one, would go a long way toward making this a functional relationship. Perhaps the most important issue is allowing for the safety of celebrities and their families. In the end, the insatiable demand for more and more information about the lives of the celebrity is driving a dangerous frenzy around these talented people. In the end, perhaps the bigger challenge is this—how do we teach people to live and appreciate their own fulfilling lives rather than spending so much time and money living through others? Might this be the true solution to this problem?
In previous years, the issue with the paparazzi and media has grown. With the advances in technology, it makes taking and posting photos of celebrities or public figures much easier. The public appears greedy and feels privy to their private lives. Celebrities, or any public figure, have very limited privacy due to the paparazzi and media. The paparazzi and media are also affecting celebrities’ children. Currently, laws are being put in effect to stop this.
...”Berry proclaimed(Lesley Messer). How could you be so cold-hearted and foul to the measure of pressuring a innocuous 5 year old girl to answer questions about her father knowing that it will be hard for her? She’d ask, “‘Why did they say that to me, mommy? What does that mean? Who are these men and why are they following us?’” Berry said heartbroken (Lesley Messer). Equitable to any other guardian the celebrities want to assure the safety of their adolescents.Berry said “I love my kids. They’re beautiful and sweet and innocent, and I don’t want a gang of shouting, arguing, lawbreaking photographers who camp out everywhere we are all day every day to continue traumatizing my kids”(Lesley Messer). Jennifer Garner took matters into her own hands when she was out in public and a paparazzo who was recording her and her kids with a handheld video camera.(Cavan Sieczkowski)
The right to privacy is our right to keep a domain around us, which includes all those things that are apart of us, such as our body, home, property, thoughts, feelings, secrets and identity. The right to privacy gives us the ability to choose which parts in this domain can be accessed by others, and to control the extent, manner and timing of the use of those parts we choose to disclose (Privacy Concerns 1). “Everyone has the right for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence. There shall be no interference by a public authority with the exercise of this right…” (Privacy concerns 2). In 1998, the Human Rights Act, the act sets out the fundamental rights and freedoms that individuals have, came into force; it incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 8 which protects the right to private and family life. Was the first time there was a generalized right to privacy recognized by law in this country.
Puente, Maria. "Are the Children of Stars Fair Game for Paparazzi?" Usa Today 2012 aug 15: D.1. Web. 3 Dec. 2013. .
For example, an ex-reality television star Heidi Montag from the popular reality television show called ‘The Hills’, she and her husband Spencer Pratt have supposedly called gossip magazines on what is going on with their life and supposedly their truth on what really happened between Montag and Montag’s ex best friend Laruen Conrad a famous fashion designer. A writer named Jamie E. Nordhaus wrote a book called Celebrities’ Right to Privacy: How Far Should the Paparazzi Be Allowed to go, Nordhaus talks about how celebrities use the media for ‘free publicity’, they always want to get their 15 minutes of fame and want the world to know who they are. Usually their ‘publicity stunt’ that they use can sometimes bring them to higher places or sometimes just leave them where they are now. Nordhaus establishes that, “An argument exists that if celebrities expect to use the press for their personal gain they should expect to be used by the press in return” (Nordhaus 307). In other words, Nordhaus believes that if the celebrity shouldn’t act dumb pretending that they don’t know that they are using the