As I mentioned in my last blog, TVs in Fiji changed over a century's heritage just because the teens are influenced by celebrities. The same thing is happening in the western world too. Technology has made tracking down celebrities a lot easier through their facebook and twitter pages. Just by checking any celebrity's twitter page could tell where they went, what they are wearing and where they bought it from. Since the teens already want to copy their idols, they want to dress the same. They are still looking for an identity. They want to satisfy their hierarchy of needs to get a higher self-esteem and to be happy. Most teens want the freedom of an adult but not the responsibilities of one. This is why they idolize celebrities that are a few years older than them because it makes them think a couple of years ahead which will satisfy their needs. The problem is that these celebrities are mostly negative influences on those teens. For instance, stars like Miley Cyrus, Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan were caught smoking marijuana, and they went to jail for drinking and doing drugs. Since celebrities did that, it makes teens think it is alright to do that too. They get used to seeing these things because their idols do them all the time. This plants this idea in the teens heads that makes them think they can become famous or popular for being a bad girl or a teen mom or being drunk all the time. A show like Jersey Shore sets bad examples for teens especially pre-teens. It makes them think going out with all these guys at the same time is the standard of being 'cool'. It makes them think its the status quo. Now I don't want to be bias. Some celebrities are good role models for doing charity work and such thing. These are the celebrities that should be idolized. But how will these teens idolize these celebrities if the status quo is set as being a bad girl will get you to the top?