McLuhan's ideas about how media changes society is very clear. For example, the social media site, Twitter has broken down a pre-existing barrier between "normal" people and celebrities. Previously, the status of being a celebrity was an untouchable figure that was off limits to the average person. Now with real time updates of celebrities lives, it takes away some of the mystery and glitter to being a normal person. Whether it's Kim Kardashian tweeting about a fight between her sisters or Justin Bieber saying that he just hung out with his friends and played basketball, we as average citizens get to see a side of these celebrity figures that we never have been able to before. We can see these people now and relate to things we all do. The privacy wall is being broken down and Twitter and other social media sites have allowed us access to peer into the bedroom window of millions of people we don't even know.
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