{"id":5871,"date":"2026-09-07T20:23:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T20:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/from-celebrities-to-influencers-a-brief-history-of-celebrity-bbc-ideas\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T20:23:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T20:23:40","slug":"from-celebrities-to-influencers-a-brief-history-of-celebrity-bbc-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/from-celebrities-to-influencers-a-brief-history-of-celebrity-bbc-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"From celebrities to influencers: A brief history of celebrity | BBC Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oaFHXOsAMi0?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Have we always had celebrities? And are we more obsessed with celebrity culture now than in the past? A brief cultural history of celebrity &#8211; from Oscar Wilde, to Andy Warhol to Kim Kardashian and social media influencers today on YouTube, Instagram and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Made by Jono Namara.<\/p>\n<p>Why do we binge-watch? Do we think differently in different languages? Watch more mini docs from BBC Ideas in our playlist here: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLMrFM-P68Wh6rsrb7joIJTo1czMqfMaKZ<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to BBC Ideas \ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/bbc.in\/2F6ipav<br \/>\n____________________________<br \/>\nDo you have a curious mind? You\u2019re in the right place.<\/p>\n<p>Our aim on BBC Ideas is to feed your curiosity, to open your mind to new perspectives, and to leave you that little bit smarter.  <\/p>\n<p>So dive in. Let us know what you think. And make sure to subscribe!  \ud83d\udc49https:\/\/bbc.in\/2F6ipav<\/p>\n<p>Visit our website to see all of our videos: https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/ideas<br \/>\nAnd follow BBC Ideas on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbcideas<\/p>\n<p>#bbcideas #celebrity #briefhistory<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oaFHXOsAMi0\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have we always had celebrities? And are we more obsessed with celebrity culture now than in the past? A brief cultural history of celebrity &#8211; from Oscar Wilde, to Andy Warhol to Kim Kardashian and social media influencers today on YouTube, Instagram and elsewhere. Made by Jono Namara. Why do we binge-watch? Do we think [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4155150508,"featured_media":5872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[11608,15,2041,2042,11605,11601,2044,495,295,11604,193,11602,10623,11612,11606,2045,11609,384,182,77,2046,2043,11135,11613,11607,11610,11611,11603,306],"class_list":["post-5871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","tag-andy-warhol","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-ideas","tag-bbcideas","tag-brief-history","tag-celebrity-culture","tag-curious-minds","tag-explainer","tag-films","tag-gods","tag-history","tag-influencers","tag-instagram","tag-instagram-influencers","tag-kim-kardashian","tag-learning","tag-oscar-wilde","tag-philosophy","tag-psychology","tag-science","tag-self-improvement","tag-short-films","tag-social-media","tag-social-media-influencers","tag-the-kardashians","tag-warhol-hamburger","tag-wilde","tag-worship","tag-youtube","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4155150508"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}