Star Image

Richard Dyer is a professor in the department of Film studies at King's College. Dyer said that a star is an image created by music companies through advertising, magazines, music videos etc and not a real person. His theory is that they are made simply to make the company money by advertising to a specific audience. 

Dyer's theory can be supported by looking at artists such as Miley Cyrus, this is because when Miley Cyrus started out in the industry she was a young pop performer, performing to the young teens who watched her show 'Hannah Montanna'. Looking at her at the time we could not know for definite that she was not herself, but as the show was ending people began to see a different side to the cute and joyful teenage Miley, and began to see a darker side with the release of the song 'Can't be tamed'.  

Once the show was over she changed her style, music and record label. This shows that the record label before was trying to keep the teenage image of Miley but it's not what she wanted. She began to wear different outfits and have different styles, she cut her hair extremely short and dyed it. Her fan base has changed completely with some of her old fans sticking with her and a lot of other types of people beginning to like her. Her portrayal of a lack of clothing and inappropriate behaviour has drastically changed people's idea of her.