原帖由 chunsh 於 2008-2-19 08:09 發表
no, u are wrong, "if 公 眾 人 物 的 隱 私 is part of 公 眾 利益 ....."
公 眾 人 物 的 隱 私 is part of those 公 眾 人 物 的 利益 too
if they dont want to get attention, go find other jobs
Definition of "public interest"
I am 100% with you in terms of 食得喊魚就要抵得餲啦. Just like people who are in an open-competition will get criticized by judge as well as public. If you want to be popular, you of course have to get people to be interested in you. When it comes to the entertainment industry, in stead of purely interested in their work, people also interested in their private life and this is part of being a celebrity... it's just the nature of the job. And of course, with no doubt the celebrity got benefit from becoming popular.
"Greene says that “You simply have to be present, in the right place at the right time.” Whereas “...public[ly famous] people were once defined as such based upon the fact that their remarkable skills had brought them to the attention of the public,” Greene states that with reality TV, “one can become a public person just by being a person, in public.”
Celebrities often have fame comparable to that of royalty. As a result, there is a strong public curiosity about their private affairs. Celebrities may be resented for their accolades, and the public may have a love/hate relationship with celebrities. Due to the high visibility of celebrities' private lives, their successes and shortcomings are often made very public. Celebrities are alternately portrayed as glowing examples of perfection, when they garner awards, or as decadent or immoral if they become associated with a scandal.
Tabloid magazines and talk TV shows bestow a great deal of attention on celebrities. To stay in the public eye and to make money, more celebrities are participating in business ventures such as celebrity-branded items including as books, clothing lines, perfume, and household items." Celebrity on Wiki
HOWEVER, what I am trying to say is, yes people are interested... but what is the boundary?
One scenario: You found whoever eating alone at food court and reporters wrote an article about it saying that this particular individual looked so miserable eating alone... must be having financial problem etc etc... This is perfectly understandable as this person is in public and may not look like things have been well... Even though honestly the fact if that person is rich or not doesn't matter to anyone else, there's still a boundary there. Later on, this person went into the washroom and reporter collected some "left over" and learn that this person is on medication for last stage cancer... then reporters then further investigated on this case and interviewed nurses or other clients in the clinic and published an article that this person will die in 3 months with all the supporting details... Has the reporter stepped on the boundary? To make the case stronger, the reporter took pictures of the person receiving painful treatment without make up and wearing proper clothes... totally opposite to the image that the public used to see.
We know there are two types of being famous: 流芳百世 or 遺臭萬年... I think these people and their companies are smart enough to figure out what is the right thing to do. Therefore, it is not always true that celebrity 從 公 眾 關 注 中 得 到 利 益.
Gosh this is taking too long... gotta go now... to be continued... |