Christian faith states that doing a good deed privately is most rewarding. So why is it that celebrity icons like Ellen, Justin Bieber, and George Clooney ensure to have their good deeds displayed through popular culture? If you ask my opinion, I think it is a marketing power not only to win over the respect of fans, but to also encourage good deeds to be done by other citizens. If the television acts as a mirror to society, won’t this cause society to reflect from these deeds and spread good deeds to others too? Society looks up to celebrities as idols, and I think the mass media realized that if normal people saw these celebrities doing such things, then they themselves would want to talk part in positive action like this too.
Music videos like Justin Bieber’s “Pray” can bring awareness to society. This is the reason why I think celebrities try to publicize their deeds. Mass media discovered that the growth of popular culture is affecting social media. The presence of awareness videos in popular culture have been creating positive reactions towards human morality. I think these videos influence people to preform good deeds just like celebrities do because society looks up to higher elite celebrated icons.
The fact that Justin Bieber is a believer of Christianity reinforces a strong impact of Christian beliefs towards society and is once again, connecting popular culture with Christianity in a positive way. In his song “Pray” Bieber, brings hope and faith back into the less fortunate. This, as suggested in your post, is a mission for all of Christianity; to pass on their faith.
To answer your last question; yes, I do think we could be convinced by a celebrities generosity (since people tend to believe everything they see and hear in the media, but this isn’t the case here). A contribution by celebrities to the less fortunate done publicly or privately, does not change the fact that it has been a positive contribution. Either way, this is a positive image seen through the eyes of society and is reestablishing human morality in mass media. Therefore, I do agree with you in a sense that there are several benefits to publicize deeds made by celebrities as being influential to others.
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