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Celebrities are everywhere nowadays: on TV, in magazines, online. Is this obsession with (1)
(FAME) people harmless or bad for us? How many people are (2)
(TRUE) obsessed with modern media idols?
Researchers (3)
(IDENTITY) three kinds of fans. About 15% of young people have an ‘entertainment-social’ interest. They love chatting about their favourite celebrities with friends and this does not appear to do any harm.
Another 5% feel that they have an ‘intense-personal’ (4)
(RELATE) with a celebrity. They find that they are often thinking about celebrities, even when they don’t want to. These people are more at risk from depression and (5)
(ANXIOUS). If girls in this group (6)
(IDOL) a female star with a body they consider to be perfect, they are more likely to be (7)
(HAPPINESS) with their own bodies and might want to change them.
That leaves 2% of young people with a ‘borderline-pathological’ interest. They might say, for example, that they would do something (8)
(LEGAL) or bad if the celebrity asked them to. These people are in most danger of being seriously disturbed.
Celebrities are everywhere nowadays: on TV, in magazines, online. Is this obsession with (1)
(FAME) people harmless or bad for us? How many people are (2)
(TRUE) obsessed with modern media idols?
Researchers (3)
(IDENTITY) three kinds of fans. About 15% of young people have an ‘entertainment-social’ interest. They love chatting about their favourite celebrities with friends and this does not appear to do any harm.
Another 5% feel that they have an ‘intense-personal’ (4)
(RELATE) with a celebrity. They find that they are often thinking about celebrities, even when they don’t want to. These people are more at risk from depression and (5)
(ANXIOUS). If girls in this group (6)
(IDOL) a female star with a body they consider to be perfect, they are more likely to be (7)
(HAPPINESS) with their own bodies and might want to change them.
That leaves 2% of young people with a ‘borderline-pathological’ interest. They might say, for example, that they would do something (8)
(LEGAL) or bad if the celebrity asked them to. These people are in most danger of being seriously disturbed.
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Celebrities are everywhere nowadays: on TV, in magazines, online. Is this obsession with (1) FAMOUS people harmless or bad for us? How many people are (2) TRULY obsessed with modern media idols?
Researchers (3) IDENTIFY three kinds of fans. About 15% of young people have an ‘entertainment-social’ interest. They love chatting about their favourite celebrities with friends and this does not appear to do any harm.
Another 5% feel that they have an ‘intense-personal’ (4) RELATIONSHIP with a celebrity. They find that they are often thinking about celebrities, even when they don’t want to. These people are more at risk from depression and (5) ANXIETY. If girls in this group (6) IDOLIZE a female star with a body they consider to be perfect, they are more likely to be (7) UNHAPPY with their own bodies and might want to change them.
That leaves 2% of young people with a ‘borderline-pathological’ interest. They might say, for example, that they would do something (8) ILLEGAL or bad if the celebrity asked them to. These people are in most danger of being seriously disturbed.