tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152881696947621375.post6812263775640992126..comments2023-09-17T10:57:03.694+01:00Comments on Digital Adventures: End of the World?KaoticOddchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01003462030289944026noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152881696947621375.post-31321512656325206212011-07-15T17:33:43.349+01:002011-07-15T17:33:43.349+01:00Thanks for the feedback and adding to the piece, I...Thanks for the feedback and adding to the piece, I've added some video from around the time I was covering entertainment events etc, you're right it's not just about whether it's a celebrity or not. I never did read the tabs, just didn't find it interesting - I prefer not to know about actors and musicians, I like them for their performances, this is why I tried to generally avoid interviewing my favourite actor/ directors so as not to be let down or worse dislike them on personality. Strange but true.KaoticOddchildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01003462030289944026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152881696947621375.post-86790074380901178662011-07-11T17:11:39.063+01:002011-07-11T17:11:39.063+01:00Very thought-provoking. I've been thinking rec...Very thought-provoking. I've been thinking recently that it's wrong for us to get so angry about Milly Dowler and not to be angry about the invasion of celebrity privacy. De-humanising celebrities ("they're asking for it") is part of this problem. Either it's wrong for everyone or it isn't wrong at all. By picking and choosing the victims, we are acting as arrogantly as any tabloid editor.<br /><br />But why do we chase all this filth, as you so rightly ask? For me, stopping buying gossip rags felt like part of growing up, but many of my peers still do. Perhaps part of our responsibility is to be more critical when our friends and family spend money on this harmful rubbish.<br /><br />I remember very clearly during my first year of Uni an incident with a friend that shamed me hugely. Someone had told me a piece of gossip about one of our tutors, which I unthinkingly passed on to my friend as though it were a piece of currency. I can still remember the look of disgust on his face and the silence that followed. That had such a huge effect on me that I pretty much stopped gossiping at all after that - possibly an extreme reaction, but it shows what a healthy dose of shame can achieve.Kirsten Campbell-Howeshttp://twitter.com/#!/campbellhowesnoreply@blogger.com