How Fame is Constructed on Social Media
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ENG802-EssayOne-Summer.docxENG 802 Unit 1
Essay One: How Fame is Constructed on Social Media
All our authors this unit have attempted to answer the question, “How is fame constructed on x platform?” The word, “constructed,” is important to understand because online celebrity, much more than traditional celebrity, is built by content producers themselves. Likely they have help from others, and there are certain factors, such as a given platform’s algorithm, that have a major influence on whether or not someone garners enough attention to achieve fame on a social media platform. However, in order to analyze how fame is acquired on social media, we must acknowledge as Marwick does that “in the broadcast era, celebrity was something a person was; in the Internet Era, microcelebrity is something people do.”
In this essay, you will join our authors in examining this topic. You will choose one specific social media platform, and based on research, make an argument that attempts to identify the way(s) celebrity can be achieved on your chosen platform. What do people have to do to get famous? You will answer the question, “How is fame constructed on this platform?”
To do so, you will need to use one of our course readings as a source to support your arguments and you will need to cite specific examples from the platform you’ve chosen to analyze.
Requirements
· Your essay must be thesis-driven. Your intro will end with a thesis statement that will be developed in some way by each body paragraph.
· You must use a minimum of two sources. One must be a course reading, and the other will be posts made by influencers, microcelebrities, whatever, from your chosen social media platform. You should cite multiple posts from multiple celebrities. Feel free to include screenshots, videos, or any other multimedia content in your essay. It is often more effective to show an IG post to your readers than describe it. Just make sure to integrate these items into your paragraphs and cite them.
· All sources must be cited in MLA style on a works cited page and parenthetically in-text.
· Your essay should be a minimum four full pages in length, but please don’t go over six. The works cited does not count as part of the page length.
· Include an original title, MLA header, and page numbers
ENG 802
Unit 1
Essay One
:
How
Fame
is
Constructed on Social Media
All
our authors this unit have
attempted to answer the questi
on,
“
How is fame const
ructed on x
platform?
”
The
word,
“
constructed,
”
is important to
understand because
online celeb
rity,
much more than tr
aditional celebrity, is built by
content producers themselves. Likely they
have
help from other
s, and there are certain factors
, such as a given platform
’
s algorithm, that
have a major infl
uence on whethe
r or n
ot someone garners enough
attention to achieve fame
on
a social medi
a platform. However, in order to analyze how fame is a
cquired
on social media,
we must acknowledge as Marwick d
oes
that
“
in th
e broadcast era, celebrity was
something
a
person was; in the Internet Era, microcel
ebrity is something people
do
.
”
In this essay, you will join our authors in
ex
amining this
topic. You will choose
one specific
social media platform
, and based on research, m
ake an argument
that
attempts to identify the
way
(s) celebrity can be achieved on your cho
sen platform.
What do pe
ople have to do to get
famous
? Yo
u will answer the question,
“
How is fame constructed on this platform?
”
To do so, you will need to use on
e of our course readings
as a source to support your
arguments and
you will need to cite speci
fic examples from
the platform you
’
ve chosen to
analyze.
Requirements
·
Your essay must be thesis
-
driven. Your intro will end with a thesis statement
that will
be
developed
in some way by each body paragraph.
·
You m
ust
use a minimum of two sources. One must be
a course reading
, and the other
will be posts
made by influencers, microcelebrities, whatever,
from you
r chosen so
cial
media platform. You should cite mul
tiple posts from multiple celeb
rit
ies. Feel free to
include screenshots, vi
deos, or any other multimedia content in your essay. It is often
more effective
to
show a
n IG p
ost
to your re
aders
than describe it
. Just make sure to
integrate these items into your parag
raphs and cite them.
·
All sources must be cited in ML
A style on
a works ci
ted page and parenthetically in
-
text.
·
Yo
ur essay should be a minimum four full pages in
length
,
but please don
’t go over six.
The works cited
does not co
unt as part of the page length.
·
Include an original title, MLA header, and page numbers
ENG 802
Unit 1
Essay One: How Fame is Constructed on Social Media
All our authors this unit have attempted to answer the question, “How is fame constructed on x
platform?” The word, “constructed,” is important to understand because online celebrity,
much more than traditional celebrity, is built by content producers themselves. Likely they
have help from others, and there are certain factors, such as a given platform’s algorithm, that
have a major influence on whether or not someone garners enough attention to achieve fame
on a social media platform. However, in order to analyze how fame is acquired on social media,
we must acknowledge as Marwick does that “in the broadcast era, celebrity was something a
person was; in the Internet Era, microcelebrity is something people do.”
In this essay, you will join our authors in examining this topic. You will choose one specific
social media platform, and based on research, make an argument that attempts to identify the
way(s) celebrity can be achieved on your chosen platform. What do people have to do to get
famous? You will answer the question, “How is fame constructed on this platform?”
To do so, you will need to use one of our course readings as a source to support your
arguments and you will need to cite specific examples from the platform you’ve chosen to
analyze.
Requirements
Your essay must be thesis-driven. Your intro will end with a thesis statement that will
be developed in some way by each body paragraph.
You must use a minimum of two sources. One must be a course reading, and the other
will be posts made by influencers, microcelebrities, whatever, from your chosen social
media platform. You should cite multiple posts from multiple celebrities. Feel free to
include screenshots, videos, or any other multimedia content in your essay. It is often
more effective to show an IG post to your readers than describe it. Just make sure to
integrate these items into your paragraphs and cite them.
All sources must be cited in MLA style on a works cited page and parenthetically in-text.
Your essay should be a minimum four full pages in length, but please don’t go over six.
The works cited does not count as part of the page length.
Include an original title, MLA header, and page numbers
