Celebrity : : a History of Fame
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Introduction -- Theories of celebrity -- The rise of mass culture and the production of celebrities -- Silver screens and their stars -- Radio: the stars in our homes -- TV and the need for familiarity -- Musical celebrity -- Everyone's a star -- Conclusion.
"Today, celebrity culture is an inescapable part of our media landscape and our everyday lives. This was not always the case. Over the past century, media technologies have increasingly expanded the production and proliferation of fame. Celebrity explores this revolution and its often underestimated impact on American culture. Using numerous precedent-setting examples spanning more than one hundred years of media history, Susan J. Douglas and Andrea McDonnell trace the dynamic relationship between celebrity and the technologies of mass communication that have shaped the nature of fame in the United States." -- back cover.
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Critical cultural communication
PUBLISHED
New York : New York University Press, [2019]
Year Published: 2019
Description: ix, 315 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781479862030
1479852430
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
McDonnell, Andrea M.,
SUBJECTS
Celebrities.
Fame.
Social influence.
Social status.
Mass media -- Social aspects.
Popular culture.