If we are to break down the words in of new melodramatic imagination, we would find two key words: melodramatic which is basically mean exaggerated, while the second word is imagination which is the ability of the mind to be creative or resourceful. Thus new melodramatic imagination is how certain events can allow people to be creative, with their ideas about something and, in turn, exaggerate something to make it a big deal.
Miley Cyrus’s transformation is a good example of how the media exaggerated this and turned it into a bigger deal than it actually was. We all remember Miley Cyrus as the sweet Disney star who played Hannah Montana. After the show ended when Miley was 19 years old, so she decided to change up her image to act her age. It was not until her engagement ended with fiancé, Liam Hemsworth, that Miley started acting out. She went through a traumatic experience and the reporters used this to manipulate our image of Miley Cyrus. If we truly look at the whole situation we can see the media did blow the Miley Cyrus transformation out of context because she had a legitimate excuse to go a bit crazy.
This topic is significant to the study of new media and society because everything is constantly being blown out of context, such is the case when rumors spread about Lady Gaga being a hermaphrodite. Another concept from day today that we might interface with this one is the confessional society because we are constantly trying to get the latest gossip on everything and find out why people do this or that. In order to get this information though people need to tell us this information first.
