TV Entertainment Show Star Wonders Of Production And Consumption

Back in the 1960s,Guy Debord,a French scholar,had pointed out that human society had entered into "The Society of Spectacle"."Spectacle" has become the dominant mode of life and the essential character of modern society.Human beings have been deprived of the desire and requirement for real life because of their obsession with spectacles.The controller of our society cover the real life with spectacles.With the development of social economy and media technology,spectacle is becoming more delicate and verisimilitude.The spectacle has become "Media Spectacle" which permeate into every aspects of society and culture.Douglas Kellner insists that media spectacles embody contemporary society’s basic values and serve to initiate individuals into its way of life.In contemporary China,every aspect of human life has been influenced by "Media Spectacle".The messages and images transmitted by media have created a material and spiritual world we cannot hide from.Stars,as the icons of media culture and the gods and goddesses of everyday life,become the ideals and goals of everyone.Media create star visions and stories continuously and the stars show their life on social media frequently.Star culture permeates into everywhere from the biggest events to the secret habits of every audience.The stars and their media production make up an important part of media culture.In the past two years,entertainment programs focused on the stars again.Reality shows such as I am a Singer,Celebrity Splash,Dad Where Going,Running Man,received high audience rating. The print media,TV and social media are full of topics on the stars.This article suggests that the entertainment program’s production and audience’s over-consumption of stars has developed into "Star Spectacle".Star spectacle,with its visual impact and appealing stories,shows a comprehensive and thorough influence on media culture and social life. Star spectacle is the product of competition and cooperation of multiple powers.It manifests the complicate ideology behind the spectacle.The audience’s consumption of star’s body,private life also shows the social psychology in current China.Star spectacle in entertainment programs is the epitome of media spectacle.