Celebrity and the Media

ISBN-13: 9780230292680 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 156 str.

Redmond Sean

Opis

An engaging introduction to the key terms, concepts, dilemmas and issues that are central to the study and critical understanding of celebrity, exploring the impacts of celebrity culture on the modern media and examining the influence that celebrity has on the way people place themselves in the modern world.

Spis treści

1. The Celebrity Metronome.- 2. Seeing the Celebrity Image .- 3. Buying Celebrity .- 4. Selling Celebrity.- 5. Everyday Celebrity.- 6. The Loneliness Room.- Epilogue: I am Celebrity.

O autorze

Sean Redmond is Associate Professor in Media and Communication at Deakin University, Australia and is the editor of the journal Celebrity Studies. His research interests include stardom and celebrity, film aesthetics, film authorship, and television and film genre.

Blurb

Celebrity and the Media introduces the reader to the key terms, concepts, dilemmas and issues that are central to the study and critical understanding of celebrity. In this insightful text Redmond explores the impacts of celebrity culture on the modern media and everyday life, drawing attention to the ways in which people experience celebrity culture and how celebrities are able to communicate through spectacle, ritual, the confession and the close-up. Drawing on a diverse range of case studies from the worlds of film, music, television, and sports, and featuring topical, current and popular celebrity examples, the book stands as a pertinent examination of the influence that celebrity has on the way people place themselves in the modern world.