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MAS 104 - Australian Media Major Assignment "Celebrities are ordinary people rendered extraordinary through media coverage." (Lumby 1997, p.82) Choose a celebrity figure prominent in contemporary Australian media and discuss their representation in light of some of the concepts raised in the course readings. Celebrities can be defined as people the public are interested in. Traditionally the public celebrated those that had a particular talent, achievement or extraordinary quality such as acting, singing or dancing. However recently exemplified in the reality television phenomena, celebrity status can occur simply from exposure. The success of the hit TV show Big Brother in 2001 brought celebrity status to many of its contestants. These participants were young ordinary people from around Australia, brought together and rendered extraordinary through media coverage. Through the reality television phenomena, celebrity status occurs simply from the publicity and thus, exposure. This positive contribution to television encourages the ordinary Australian to compare themselves...

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