Britney Spears used news media to first establish herself as a musical artist, and maintained a symbiotic relationship with MTV to promote her music. Her fame rose in the time of the Clinton Lewinski scandal, in which sex was the headline of countless news sources, something that was more apart of the private sphere until then. From this moment on, she was shot into stardom, and the subsequent sexism that comes with being a young girl in the public light. The video depicted Britney in a school uniform, tied up to expose her midriff. This post will explore how the early 2000s tabloid culture shaped the narrative around Britney Spears, highly influenced by the tone of misogyny set within the period, making her a catalyst for scrutiny and the subject of false narratives while comparing her representation in the media as it has been altered by the rise of social media in a new technological era influenced by public participation and celebrity-fan parasocial relationships.Īt 16, Britney released her first album and record-shattering music video: Baby One More Time. This documentary explores Britney’s staggering rise to fame as a pop sensation, her treatment by the paparazzi and thus tabloids, her highly publicized “breakdown” in 2007, and finally, her court-mandated conservatorship put in action by her father, Jamie Spears.
As of late, a new narrative has surrounded Britney following the release of The New York Times Documentary: Framing Britney Spears.
Being in the public eye (and scrutiny) since her early adolescence, from covers of magazines to making mainstream news headlines, Britney Spears has had a strong grip on the public's attention.
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