Popularity
Popularity is the state of being well-liked or well-known. People, things, and ideas can be popular. Popularity figures are an important part of many people's personal value systems and forms a critical part of success in fields such as management, politics, and the entertainment industry, among others.
Many different varieties of popularity exist, and many ways in which to gain it. General popularity typically involves respect in two ways:
- A popular person is respected by groups of people and will take that respect. This reinforces the idea that the person deserves the popularity.
- Amicability is an important part of popularity, as a person who does not like others is unlikely to be liked by others. This inverse nature of interpersonal popularity is often overlooked by people, particularly the young, who want to become popular:
Popularity Media
From the 1917 silent film Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, this image shows one girl behaving with overt aggression towards another girl.
"Popularity" artwork featured in East Texas State Normal College's 1922 Locust yearbook
The popularity of Facebook over time illustrating Zipf's Law
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