2. Richard Dyer says that to become a pop star you have
to follow a few conventions which all come under clever
management of that artist. This are well placed news
stories, famous boy/girl friend, attendance at premiers
and parties and finally featuring in magazines. If you
look at Lady Gaga she has followed a few of these to
help her to become a pop star. She often features in
various outrageous news stories about herself. Then is
used in magazines by looking at her fashion and
occasionally what parties she was drunk at, as well as
her past life. She also has herself a famous boy friend
hoy is Taylor Kinney, he is an actor who was in shows
such as the vampire diary's. Therefore by following
Richard Dyer she is now a pop star instead of a pop
performer due to good management.
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6. Lady Gaga is seen as being constructed as she is made
to wear all of these outrageous clothes which are used
as her unique selling point. Therefore she may seem to
be a real person who makes her own choices but in
reality she is constructed by her managers on purpose
as this is her unique selling point as well as her music
and videos being generally weird. This means she can
appeal to wider variety of people while also setting
different fashion patterns for people who like her style.
Therefore the fact that she is made to wear these
clothes suggests she is a construct and is made up
from a variety of materials rather than being famous
for being herself. It is almost as if she is a mannequin
that clothes have been put on to.
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8. People are seen to be groomed and modelled
such as she has. If people are not made into
the stars they are suppose to be visually it
usually will result in them being under
appreciated such as Susan Boyle on the x
factor where she came out but because she
didn’t look like a star already she was
prejudged and it turns out she is a great
artist. This suggests that Pop Starts have to
be constructed into looking good to be
famous.
9. Lady Gaga is manufactured by the music
industry to serve a purpose and that main
purpose is to make the company money.
They therefore make this possible to them by
making her famous so that people by her
songs and become her fans. They will make
her into what the audience wants to see and
this can be seen with multiple Japanese
artists who are just produced into being these
model pop stars rather than good genuine
artists.
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12. Lady Gaga follows the trend of being an object that is just
the shared cultural values and attitudes of many people to
promote this very trend. This means that she is made into
being able to follow cultural trends very well and even
supports these ideas so that she will gain respect and
fans. Therefore by following these views and beliefs of
people outside of actually being an artist she is able to
become a star. This could be things such as her shared
fashion sense and her perfumes. She can also be seen in
news and magazines while she follows the views and
opinions of many others who will then respect her further.
She has initiated many different fashion trends due to her
style being so unique. (images seen before) Lady Gaga
does this by appealing to her audiences through social
networking sites and therefore seems to almost show
more of a connection with her audience where they can
share views and opinions.
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15. Lady Gaga has set her own personality and character which
is different to who she originally was. She can be seen to
conform to the expected character trends but at the same
time she goes against it. This is because on one had she
appears almost naked throughout her videos which can
show sex appeal however she is also seen to be very weird
and vulgar which suggests she isn’t conforming with the
regular characteristics of a pop star. She does however
base a lot of what she is meant to represent around sex
appeal and this therefore adds to her personality and
character. People such as Lady Gaga aren't completely read
as being just constructs however and she is seen to have
her own personality and characteristics that her audience
can respond to. This means that people will look to her as
a role model and will want to change the way they look or
are to match what they are supposedly suppose to be.
