[1] The term originates from an analysis of the media-dominated world called The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-events in America (1962), by historian and social theorist Daniel J.
People's reporting is fundamentally an important area of journalism that functions according to its own rules, especially in the print medium, and according to journalist Norman Schenz is characterized as "We no longer just write about an event, we tell stories".
[6][7][8] The Washington Post writer Amy Argetsinger coined the term famesque to define actors, singers, or athletes whose fame is mostly (if not entirely) due to one's physical attractiveness and/or personal life, rather than actual talent and (if any) successful career accomplishments.
The term has been used to describe heiresses like Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie in entertainment journalism.
"[11] Later in 2016, Time described the Kardashian-Jenner family as ubiquitous celebutantes for being the highest earning reality stars.
[12] The term has been traced back to a 1939 Walter Winchell society column in which he used the word to describe prominent society debutante Brenda Frazier, who was a traditional "high-society" debutante from a noted family, but whose debut attracted an unprecedented wave of media attention.