Dragging out their 15 minutes of fame

Today in class when discussing whether a person was a celebrity or not, someone brought up a good point, that the Kardashians are more recognizable than actual actors on television shows. We see the Kardashians and other people like them as celebrities but in reality, they have done nothing to earn the ‘privilege’   of being called a celebrity. Most of the people on these shows like Keeping up with the Kardashians, or The Bachelor, or The Real World, earn stardom by doing something outrageous and getting attention. All of these people are attributed celebrities. On one of the first days of class we discussed a quote “In the future everyone will get their 15 minutes of fame”, and I think that applies to a lot of the people who get the chance to be on TV. But some of them are lucky and I guess you can say smart enough to keep the fame going and continue getting attention and getting people to want to know more about them. In our society today, the emergence of celebrities is so common because of all the social media available, so really it makes it possible for anyone to get their 15 minutes of fame.