Andy Warhol's comment in 1968 and the insight it expressed emerged from his own fascination with fame and celebrities. His view of the media was that they could enable any person to become famous.
Becoming bored with continually being asked about this particular statement, Warhol attempted to confuse interviewers by changing the statement variously to "In the future 15 people will be famous" and "In 15 minutes everybody will be famous."
15 minutes of fame, is now a phenomenon often used in reference to figures in the entertainment industry or other areas of popular culture, such as reality tv.
And with the rise of online social networking like Facebook and Blogs, we all have our 15 minutes of fame.
People on Facebook...
- More than 400 million active users
- 50% of active users log on to Facebook in any given day
- Average user has 130 friends
- People spend over 500 billion minutes per month on Facebook
If you can't beat them join them! That's all I can say!
Great post, I may steal it :)
ReplyDeleteBest post yet Sues, very interesting! It is true too, we all do have our 15mins of fame thanks to the internet!
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