A Disease Called Fame | HF Engelsk B | August 2014

Denne study guide er en vejledning til at besvare B-opgaven i det vejledende eksamenssæt til skriftlig Engelsk B på HF fra eftåret 2014. Udgangspunktet for opgaven er teksterne "A Disease Called Fame" og "Big Sean Gives Back to Hometown Detroit, Hands Out School Supplies to Students".

Opgaveformulering

Write a summary of “A Disease Called Fame” in about 150 words.
Write a short analytical essay (at least 300 words) about “A Disease Called Fame” and “Big Sean Gives Back to Hometown Detroit, Hands Out School Supplies to Students”. You must focus on the attitudes to celebrity culture. Include the following words and phrases in your essay: topic, language, intention, receiver.
Taking your starting point in one of the texts, discuss whether celebrity culture can contribute to society in a positive manner. Use at least two of the phrases from the box below. on the other hand, for example, in spite of, instead, still, therefore, in conclusion, in other words.

Præsentation af emnet

Kendisdyrkelse (celebrity culture) referer til dyrkelse af visse personer, der har egenskaber, som samfundet opfatter som usædvanlige, hvadenten disse egenskaber er ægte eller ej. De kendisser, som oftest er genstand for dyrkelse er skuespillere, sangere, forfattere, producere, kunstnere, sportsfolk og lignende. Men, det er nu også almindeligt at være kendt for uetisk adfærd eller aggresiv selv-promovering. Nogle mennesker prøver at blive kendte på forskellige måder som fx reality tv eller at date nogen med høj status.

Uddrag

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Celebrity culture has and always will have an effect on society.

As they are constantly in the media, celebrities have become role models for adolescents. Interest in celebrities makes for a multibillion dollar business in dedicated websites and TV shows. This has raised a number of issues, many of them controversial, and it causes major debates concerning the influence of these famous people.