Scarlett Johansson Wins Defamation Case Against French Novelist

        Scarlett Johansson, the star of Lost in Translation and The Girl With the Pearl Earring sued French writer Grégoire Delacourte for making false claims about her private life: the fictional character who was not really Scarlett Johansson had two affairs that the real Johansson never had. It was, she said, defamatory – and a French judge agreed. However, the court threw out her argument that the book – La Première Chose Qu'on Regarde (The First Thing You Look At), which has sold more than 100,000 copies and been translated into several languages – "fraudulently exploited her name, her image and her celebrity" and should not be translated or made into a film, as planned. Instead of the €50,000 (£40,000) in damages Johansson claimed, the court awarded her just €2,500, plus €2,500 in legal costs, saying she had already talked about her private life in interviews.
Emmanuelle Allibert of the publishers J-C Lattès said they and Delacourt were happy with the judgment. "All of Scarlett Johansson's demands were rejected except one thing that was seen to be an attack in her private life over two relations that she never had.
Delacourt told Le Figaro he was "stupefied" at the American actress's action. "I didn't expect it at all … especially as I'm not sure she's even read the book. It's not been translated.
"I thought she'd get in contact to ask me to go for a coffee with her. I didn't write a novel about celebrity. I wrote a real love story and a homage to feminine beauty, especially interior beauty." Friday 4 July 2014

The Guardian Article on the Case

I am glad that she won her case; it is not okay to create a character so closely related to a real person without permission and true facts. This reminds me of all of the strife behind The Satanic Verses, and how deadly that was because the author used a highly celebrated figure as one of his characters, but had the character display less than flattering traits. It is difficult to be a celebrity figure, because everyone thinks they have a right to you and your personal life, but they do not.- Katie

Annotated References

1. Hajli, M. N. (2014). A study of the impact of social media on consumers.

International Journal Of Market Research, 56(3), 387-404.

doi:10.2501/IJMR-2014-025

        This article will discuss the impact of social media on product consumers, and will give me insight on the ways social media in itself can persuade people to buy products.

2. Srivastava, C., & Bhardwaj, A. (2014). Adverse Effects of Online Social

Networking on Children and Adolescents. Journal Of Indian Association

For Child & Adolescent Mental Health, 10(2), 80-92. 

        Here in this article I will learn more about social networking sites such as Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr., and Facebook and their effects on teenagers.

3. Generation Like -PBS 

       I want to rewatch this film with my research topic in mind. There are lots of success stories that will give information on how to be "internet famous".

Propaganda Techniques in Advertising

Bandwagon

The bandwagon fallacy is when they try to get you to buy their product or eat at their restaurant by telling you how many other people love it. They want you to want to be apart of the "in" crowd.

Exaggeration 

Exaggerating in advertising is seen as "stretching the truth" or making something appear more powerful, meaningful, or real than it actually is in order to sell their product.

Research Paper Topics

• Politics: I think it  is important for journalists to paint the picture of the person running for a position as a leader, not just on the one issue that is pinpointed during the elections. If I were to choose this topic to write my paper on, I would find the polls of how many people voted when the stories involved the leadership qualities of the people, versus when the stories were about one issue.

• Journalists: Why are there no magazines or papers that focus on happy/positive news? They have an obligation to keep us happy. Are there any papers or magazines that DO focus on positive news about the world? Why have they not taken off? What could they do to be more successful/ bring in more revenue?

• Social Media: What does it take to become “famous” or “successful” on a social media platform? You see people trying and trying everyday, but only a few have achieved universal fame through their media. What qualifies as “internet famous”?