Şöhretin üretimi ve izleyicinin hayatı üzerindeki etkileri

The concrete benefits, which the society and the individuals get from their participation and contribution to the celebrity culture, incite a spirit of curiosity. At its core this thesis explores the functions of the celebrity culture by examining the theories about celebrity culture's vital role for the society, the celebrity and the audience in the contemporary modern world and subsequently by conducting a case study on famous Turkish pop-music singer İrem Derici. In other words, this thesis aims to find out the uses of celebrity culture for the Turkish audience. Specifically, main interest of this study is exploring how the audience makes use of celebrity culture to fulfill their need to form their identities, to satisfy their need for attachment, to be motivated by the promise of social mobility and to fantasize about eventually becoming a celebrity.