Brooks, S. K. (2021). FANatics: Systematic literature review of factors associated with celebrity worship, and suggested directions for future research. Current Psychology, 40(2), 864-886.
Brooks’ academic peer-reviewed article is a comprehensive literary review whose focus is on factors and phenomena associated with celebrity worship syndrome. It is relevant because the psychological expert meticulously describes the subjects that exist alongside the topic of interest (Brooks, 2018). The number of factors identified and the gaps in the mental health literature make this article especially worth it, but the researcher’s perspective is hardly visible.
Carr, C. (n.d.). A new age of celebrity worship. WebMD.
Carr’s online article, which can be considered reliable due to being posted on WebMD, serves as another entry into the topic of modern-day celebrity worship. The discussion of the phenomena of celebrity worship and “being “star-struck” is the reason why this source was selected (Carr, n.d., para. 2). This text’s strength includes psychiatric expert opinions, but the author does not provide any thematic nuances.
Dillard, R. (2022). Is there a link between celebrity worship and lower intelligence? DocWire News.
Dillard’s text is a summary of recent research on the relationship between celebrity worship and poor ability to cognize. Therefore, Dillard’s descriptive online paper can be considered relatively credible. Its relevance lies in that it discusses the innate psychological factors contributing to the onset of the syndrome in the 21st century (Dillard, 2022). The primary basis of this text is a recent unique study, but the writer’s perspective is not present.
Gillette, H. (2022). Fan or obsession? All about celebrity worship syndrome. PsychCentral.
Gillette’s Internet text on celebrity worship and related sociological theories and mental conditions for PsychCentral, which is comparatively credible, is one more chosen source. It is relevant as Gillette (2022) discusses the syndrome and its psychological genesis, para-social relationships, and their diverse consequences in a contemporary context. The listing of psychiatric comorbidities makes this short article especially valuable, but the informal writing style ruins the informational flow.
McCutcheon, L. E., & Aruguete, M. S. (2021). Is celebrity worship increasing over time? Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities 7(1), 66-75.
McCutcheon and Aruguete are a duo of researchers who set out to measure whether the extreme public interest in famous people has increased in the 21st century through their peer-reviewed paper. McCutcheon and Aruguete’s (2021) work is relevant to the key theme of this annotated bibliography because its scope is the last two decades. This article’s key strength is clearly defined results; its weakness is a small theoretical section.
Singh, R. P., & Banerjee, N. (2019). Exploring the influence of celebrity worship on brand attitude, advertisement attitude, and purchase intention. Journal of Promotion Management, 25(2), 225-251.
Singh and Banerjee are another pair of scholars whose topic was the impact of the presence of the celebrity worship syndrome in an individual on their behaviors that arose during their interactions with brands and advertisements and in purchase decisions. This credible paper is included because it covers the economic impact of celebrity worship (Singh and Banerjee, 2019). The presentation of the data is top-level, but the psychological topic is hardly mentioned.
The connection between celebrity worship syndrome and teen mental health. (2021). Newport Academy.
Another selected source is a website article written by the Newport Academy, an American mental health organization, about celebrity worship and its various psychological influences on one. Its all-encompassing approach to explaining central and secondary topics makes this text relevant (The connection between, 2021). The advantage of this text is an in-depth explanation of the discussed para-social phenomenon, and its weakness is the little inclusion of the mental specialists’ viewpoints.
Tripathi, P. B., Law, L., Dos Santos, M., Dhinsa, A., & Wong, B. J. (2017). Analysis of the trend toward fuller lips among fashion models. JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery, 19(4), 335-336. doi:10.1001/jamafacial.2016.1758
Tripathi et al. explores new cosmetic and surgical lips procedure trends among fashion models. The article’s inclusion is due to the discussion by the creators of the socio-conceptual relationship between celebrity worship and cosmetic procedures (Tripathi et al., 2017). Writers apply several differing scholarly research approaches, but the focus on celebrity worship is minimal.
Vinney, C. (2022). What is celebrity worship? Verywell Mind.
Vinney’s web article aims to introduce readers outside the field of psychology and sociology to the contemporary history of the concept of celebrity worship in an accessible, non-academic manner. Explained essence and modern drivers of celebrity worship make this source relevant (Vinney, 2022). The author describes how this para-social phenomenon and the related academic term appeared, but she provides no novel or unique inferences.
Zsila, Á., McCutcheon, L. E., & Demetrovics, Z. (2018). The association of celebrity worship with problematic Internet use, maladaptive daydreaming, and desire for fame. Journal of behavioral addictions, 7(3), 654-664. doi:10.1556/2006.7.2018.76
Zsila et al. applied a scientific approach to investigating correlations between celebrity worship phenomena, excessive or problematic Internet use, and daydreaming disorder. Their work is part of the Journal of Behavioral Addictions; therefore, it can be considered objectively reliable (Zsila et al., 2018). Its relevance is direct as writers explore mentioned topics in the context relatively contemporary context. The study was executed professionally, but few unique conclusive thoughts were given.