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# Citizen Paparazzi can break the story before anybody else, that is the future, without a doubt.
# There is now an opportunity for people to be spotted through creative endeavors without having to find the normal channels.
# This is just another case of digital technology driving down prices and bringing to people a better and greater access than the official media.
# Citizen Paparazzi might be empowering media but the greatest fear is that we are creating a culture of invasion of privacy for profit.
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Juan
Mar 1 2008
Chicago,
United States
Who needs privacy?? If you are talking about celebrities I want to make it clear to you that they are always hungry for media coverage and give clues to paparazzi to shoot their photos or visuals just to become in news. And when they need privacy for them they easily make it.
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(Local Perspectives)
Are you saying that Paris Hilton, Britney Spears aren't able to maintain privacy for themselves because of paparazzi or citizen-paparazzi, you are absolutely wrong.
(Local Perspectives)
yes and capturing photos at public places should be banned with immediate effect to stop it.
(Local Perspectives)
It doesn't happen in India we have few numbers of citizen photographers because it doesn't give them bread.
(Global Perspectives)
mobile phone-cameras with high-pixel range is causing another technology revolution and creating its impact on public figures across the world.
(Global Perspectives)
Is it the example of empowerment of media? Have you been crazy? Don't name it empowerment but an easy way to earn money.
(Global Perspectives)
The idea of people engaging with media is great but this looks so disgusting when people walking down street with cameraphone shoved on your face. If people see something they should tell other people about, they should but not all the things. i really don't want someone throwing Britney's pussy right on my face first thing in the morning. I don't think this idea of 'Citizen paparazzi' with their stupid 1 megapixel camera and equally stupid quality photograph qualifies as media men. for the sake of privacy and all that is holy don't create a culture of invasion of privacy for profit.
(Local Perspectives)
Its interesting job, I am seriously thinking switchover to this job soon.
(Global Perspectives)
21st century is the age of information and its tough for celebrities to maintain privacy when almost everyone on road has a camera in their hands. This is clear violation of privacy.
(Global Perspectives)
Its major violation- can you believe it - "When Britney Spears had a recent medical crisis in her mansion overlooking Beverly Hills, it took a dozen motorcycle police and an LAPD helicopter to escort the troubled singer's ambulance to Cedars Sinai Medical Center, through throngs of paparazzi." - It is horrible. who wants to be personalities like her?
(Local Perspectives)
Citizen paparazzis are not empowering media but media is empowering citizen paparazzis to run fast every time to click unique picture of big names. The paparazzi, who had clicked much-hyped photo of Britney Spears shaving her head, earned $350,000 for a single image. These days, tabloids in western media are ready to pay more than it for any unique photo of a star. This is the important reason why everyone is willing to become a photographer.
(Local Perspectives)
Though an instant source of first hand information,Citizen Paparazzi is a total breach of privacy. Celebrities do long for publicity but they too have a life which they deserve to keep their own, don’t all of us do!
(Global Perspectives)
You are right Ted, First picture of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's baby was sold in $5.5 million and image of Anna Nicole Smith with her son, Daniel, hours before his death was sold in $400,000. This is why paparazzi are running behind celebrities.
(Local Perspectives)
The number of paparazzi in Hollywood town has increased surprisingly in past two years to make easy money by an exclusive shot.
(Local Perspectives)
Paparazzi have gone totally beyond control. They are always ready to take the most embarrassing photo they can of a celebrity. They can push the camera just two inches away from your face.
(Global Perspectives)
Don't rate paparazzi as journalists, it hits the basic concepts of journalism hard.
(Global Perspectives)
Which institution and right in the bill of rights grants paparazzi to act like this? They should be slapped punishment for making life-threatening chase to celebrities, mostly models and movie stars.
(Local Perspectives)
Everyone is watching everyone in the modern world. Paparazzi do not really care the mayhem they create. They should take care of it while doing their job.
(Global Perspectives)
Paparazzi should be punished for creating dangerous situations around them. It is more than shocking surprise what is actual need to do such acts. Is an image of Britney getting out of a car while wearing no panty is important picture for public to see?
(Global Perspectives)
How can people forget Diana's death so quickly. Papparazzism should be considered as a crime with life term of punishment in jail.
(Global Perspectives)
’Paparazzi’ as a word, came in news for the first time after the screening of Federico Fellini 1960 film La dolce vita. The film has character of news photographer named Paparazzo and the character was played by Walter Santesso. Later, Robert Hendrickson described in his book Word and Phrase Origins that Fellini had taken the name paparazzi from an Italian dialect word with the meaning of a particularly ’noisy, buzzing mosquito’. Fellini also remembered a boy, nicknamed as ’Paparazzo’ (Mosquito), because that boy was fast talking and his movements were too fast but constant. Thats why Fellini decided to use the name in the film La dolce vita. Now, these mosquitoes should be banned.
(Global Perspectives)
Clicking anyone's image isn't the violation of any law and anyone's right. You can name it violation only when paparazzi violate traffic rules and enter anyone's private property.
(Global Perspectives)
Though it does empower citizens it causes many problems people don’t realize until it’s them.
Let’s say I think my neighbor is a thief. I start taking pictures and throwing out accusations and putting them all over the net. But I’m wrong.
What recourse does the average guy have to fight back against the press when everyone is the press?
Let’s say I think my neighbor is a thief. I start taking pictures and throwing out accusations and putting them all over the net. But I’m wrong.
What recourse does the average guy have to fight back against the press when everyone is the press?
(Local Perspectives)
Any kind of image and video taken while in the process of violating the law should be judged as a criminal act and the publication of such photos and videos should also be made illegal. The distribution and promotion of such material should be fined as thrice the amount of money gained by selling those images or photos. the publication agency should be punished too. After the fourth violation of this law, the individual should be fined heavily and publication's license should be canceled for life time.
(Local Perspectives)
@ Prince...I like your last sentence - "Everyone is the press"
(Global Perspectives)
If we want celebrities' own pictures, paparazzi won't disappear in a day.
(Global Perspectives)
I would definitely shoot paparazzi if I would them chasing any celebritty in my city.
(Local Perspectives)
TED AND ANDREA _ YOU PEOPLE ARE RIGHT. THE MONEY IS THE MAIN FACTOR BEHIND THE DEMAND OF PAPARAZZI.
(Local Perspectives)
In the regular media, there creeps in the factor of vested interest of the journalist or of the media owner.
The citizens’ media is free from this bias and hence is superior.
The citizens’ media is free from this bias and hence is superior.
(Global Perspectives)
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