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| how celebrities influence society: Celebrity Culture and the Entertainment Industry in Asia Vivienne Leung, Kimmy Cheng, Thomas Kwan-choi Tse, 2017 |
| how celebrities influence society: Celebrity Culture and the American Dream Karen Sternheimer, 2014-12-12 Celebrity Culture and the American Dream, Second Edition considers how major economic and historical factors shaped the nature of celebrity culture as we know it today, retaining the first edition’s examples from the first celebrity fan magazines of 1911 to the present and expanding to include updated examples and additional discussion on the role of the internet and social media in today’s celebrity culture. Equally important, the book explains how and why the story of Hollywood celebrities matters, sociologically speaking, to an understanding of American society, to the changing nature of the American Dream, and to the relation between class and culture. This book is an ideal addition to courses on inequalities, celebrity culture, media, and cultural studies. |
| how celebrities influence society: Celebrity Cultures Lee Barron, 2014-12-01 What is celebrity? How do celebrities influence society? Why do we hang on their every word, tweet or status update? Celebrity Cultures offers a fresh insight into the field of celebrity studies by updating existing debates and exploring recent developments. From the PR campaigns of Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger as Governor of California, this book critically evaluates a number of diverse celebrity case-studies and considers what they reveal about contemporary global society. Taking into account issues such as gender, sexuality, ethnicity, economics, politics and the media, the book draws upon a range of cultural theorists including Theodore Adorno and Jean Baudrillard. Over the course of ten richly illustrated chapters, the book: Draws upon sociology, cultural theory, media analysis and celebrity commentary to explore and re-evaluate the study of celebrity. Examines the international appeal of celebrity including examples from India, China, South Korea and Indonesia. Includes chapter introductions identifying key points and annotated further reading suggestions. Celebrity Cultures is an invaluable resource for students of celebrity, media and cultural studies. |
| how celebrities influence society: Think Lisa Bloom, 2011 Explains how women can break free from the dumbed-down culture of reality TV and celebrity obsession and instead learn to think for themselves and live an intellectual life. |
| how celebrities influence society: Celebrity and Entertainment Obsession Michael S. Levy, 2015-08-06 Celebrity culture surrounds us. We are inundated with information about actors and actresses, athletes, musicians, and others who have become famous or infamous. Although we never will likely meet or get to know them, our interest in them seems boundless. We are literally obsessed with being entertained as well as with the people who entertain us. Who our celebrities are has also shifted; in the past, celebrity status was bestowed on men and women of great accomplishment, those who had given the world something to be proud of and to celebrate. Conversely, today’s celebrities are generally people involved in entertainment—from TV newscasters to people who appear on reality television programs, as well as some who are simply famous for being famous. What remains an enigma is why we, as a society, are so infatuated with being entertained, as well as with those who entertain us and appear in the media. This book makes sense of this spectacle by explaining the reasons for this obsession from a psychological, social, and historical perspective. It suggests that we have become addicted in much the same way that a person becomes addicted to drugs or alcohol. Finally, the author offers his observations on how to free our minds from this captivation. Anyone interested in understanding more about our need to live vicariously through the rich and famous will find answers in this book. |
| how celebrities influence society: Celebrity and Power P. David Marshall, 2014-08-15 Simultaneously celebrated and denigrated, celebrities represent not only the embodiment of success, but also the ultimate construction of false value. Celebrity and Power questions the impulse to become embroiled with the construction and collapse of the famous, exploring the concept of the new public intimacy: a product of social media in which celebrities from Lady Gaga to Barack Obama are expected to continuously campaign for audiences in new ways. In a new Introduction for this edition, P. David Marshall investigates the viewing public’s desire to associate with celebrity and addresses the explosion of instant access to celebrity culture, bringing famous people and their admirers closer than ever before. |
| how celebrities influence society: The Drama of Celebrity Sharon Marcus, 2020-08-11 Why do so many people care so much about celebrities? Who decides who gets to be a star? What are the privileges and pleasures of fandom? Do celebrities ever deserve the outsized attention they receive? In this fascinating and deeply researched book, Sharon Marcus challenges everything you thought you knew about our obsession with fame. Icons are not merely famous for being famous; the media alone cannot make or break stars; fans are not simply passive dupes. Instead, journalists, the public, and celebrities themselves all compete, passionately and expertly, to shape the stories we tell about celebrities and fans. The result: a high-stakes drama as endless as it is unpredictable. Drawing on scrapbooks, personal diaries, and vintage fan mail, Marcus traces celebrity culture back to its nineteenth-century roots, when people the world over found themselves captivated by celebrity chefs, bad-boy poets, and actors such as the divine Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), as famous in her day as the Beatles in theirs. Known in her youth for sleeping in a coffin, hailed in maturity as a woman of genius, Bernhardt became a global superstar thanks to savvy engagement with her era's most innovative media and technologies: the popular press, commercial photography, and speedy new forms of travel. Whether you love celebrity culture or hate it, The Drama of Celebrity will change how you think about one of the most important phenomena of modern times. |
| how celebrities influence society: Gender Matters Valerie O'Regan, 2000-04-30 Valerie O'Regan examines the relationship between female policymakers and policy outputs. Her primary concern is whether female policymakers are associated with the advancement of women's issues in the policy realm. Although this question is important in the study of representation theory, there has been surprisingly little research on the topic, and it has tended to provide limited, often contradictory results. O'Regan's research design and analysis utilizes time-series, cross-sectional procedures to examine the effects of the independent variables on the dependent variables over time, across countries. Data from 22 countries during the period of 1960-1994 were analyzed in two separate segments. The first analysis involved three general policy measures that address two types of women's issue policies—employment and social. The second analysis involved two measures for policy comprehensiveness employing equal wage legislation. The findings for the first analysis are positive regarding the relationship between the presence of female policymakers and the presence of women's issue policies. The findings for the second analysis highlight the difficulties of developing valid measures of policy substance. Scholars and other researchers involved with women and politics and legislative behavior will find the study of particular interest. |
| how celebrities influence society: The Fear of Insignificance C. Strenger, 2011-02-14 This book shows how, after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the Gospel of the free market became the only world-religion of universal validity. The belief that all value needs to be quantifiable was extended to human beings, whose value became dependent on their rating on the various ranking-scales in the global infotainment system. |
| how celebrities influence society: Democratic Elitism , 2010-01-11 Joseph Schumpeter's “competitive theory of democracy” – often labeled democratic elitism - has struck many as an apt and insightful description of how representative democracy works, even though convinced democrats detect an elitist thrust they find disturbing. But neither Schumpeter nor subsequent defenders of democratic elitism have paid enough attention to actual behaviors of leaders and elites. Attention has been riveted on how adequately democratic elitism captures the relationship between governors and governed in its insistence that competitive elections prevent the relationship from being one-way, that is, leaders and elites largely unaccountable to passive and submissive voters. Why and how leaders and elites create and sustain competitive elections, what happens if their competitions become excessively stage-managed or belligerent – how, in short, leaders and elites really act - are some of the issues this book addresses. Contributors are Heinrich Best, Jens Borchert, Michael Edinger, Fredrik Engelstad, Trygve Gulbrandsen, John Higley, Gabriella Ilonszki, András Körösényi, Mindaugas Kuklys, Gyorgy Lengyel, Anton Steen, and Jacek Wasilewski. |
| how celebrities influence society: Understanding Celebrity Graeme Turner, 2004-06-05 The first comprehensive survey of celebrity in the contemporary media. |
| how celebrities influence society: Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything? Timothy Caulfield, 2016-05-10 An exploration of the effect our celebrity-dominated culture has on our ideas of what it means to live the good life What would happen if an average Joe tried out for American Idol, underwent a professional makeover, endured Gwyneth Paltrow’s “Clean Cleanse,” and followed the outrageous rituals of the rich and famous? Health law policy researcher Timothy Caulfield finds out in this thoroughly unique, engaging, and provocative book about celebrity culture and its iron grip on today’s society. Over the past decade, our perceptions of beauty, health, success, and happiness have become increasingly framed by a popular culture steeped in celebrity influence and ever more disconnected from reality. Research tells us that our health decisions and goals are influenced by celebrity culture and endorsements, our children's ambitions are now overwhelmingly governed by the fantasy of fame, and the ideals of beauty and success are mediated through a celebrity-dominated worldview. But while much has been written about the cause of our obsession with the rich and famous, Caulfield argues that not enough has been done to debunk celebrity messages and promises about health, diet, beauty, or happiness. From super-thin models to Gwyneth Paltrow’s endorsement of a gluten free-diet for almost anyone, celebrity opinions have the power to dominate our conversations and outlooks. In this book, Caulfield provides an entertaining look into the celebrity world, including vivid accounts of his own experiences trying out for American Idol, having his skin resurfaced, and doing the cleanse; interviews with actual celebrities; thought-provoking facts, and a practical and evidence-based reality check on our own celebrity ambitions. |
| how celebrities influence society: Celebrity and Youth Spring-Serenity Duvall, 2019 This book examines contemporary celebrity culture with an emphasis on how young celebrities are manufactured, how fan communities are cultivated, and how young audiences consume and aspire to fame. |
| how celebrities influence society: Celebrity Society Robert van Krieken, 2012-06-14 On television, in magazines and books, on the internet and in films, celebrities of all sorts seem to monopolize our attention. Celebrity Society brings new dimensions to our understanding of celebrity, capturing the way in which the figure of ‘the celebrity’ is bound up with the emergence of modernity. It outlines how the ‘celebrification of society’ is not just the twentieth-century product of Hollywood and television, but a long-term historical process, beginning with the printing press, theatre and art. By looking beyond the accounts of celebrity ‘culture’, Robert van Krieken develops an analysis of ‘celebrity society’, with its own constantly changing social practices and structures, moral grammar, construction of self and identity, legal order and political economy organized around the distribution of visibility, attention and recognition. Drawing on the work of Norbert Elias, the book explains how contemporary celebrity society is the heir (or heiress) of court society, taking on but also democratizing many of the functions of the aristocracy. The book also develops the idea of celebrity as driven by the ‘economics of attention’, because attention has become a vital and increasingly valuable resource in the information age. This engaging new book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars in sociology, politics, history, celebrity studies, cultural studies, the sociology of media and cultural theory. |
| how celebrities influence society: How to Win Friends and Influence People , 2024-02-17 You can go after the job you want…and get it! You can take the job you have…and improve it! You can take any situation you’re in…and make it work for you! Since its release in 1936, How to Win Friends and Influence People has sold more than 30 million copies. Dale Carnegie’s first book is a timeless bestseller, packed with rock-solid advice that has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives. As relevant as ever before, Dale Carnegie’s principles endure, and will help you achieve your maximum potential in the complex and competitive modern age. Learn the six ways to make people like you, the twelve ways to win people to your way of thinking, and the nine ways to change people without arousing resentment. |
| how celebrities influence society: Celebrity Chris Rojek, 2004-11-01 In contemporary society, the cult of celebrity is inescapable. Anyone can be turned into a celebrity, and anything can be made into a celebrity event. Celebrity has become a part of everyday life, a common reference point. But how have people like Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Bill Clinton or Princess Diana impressed themselves so powerfully on the public mind? Do they have unique qualities, or have their images been constructed by the media? And what of the dark side of celebrity – why is the hunger to be in the public eye so great that people are prepared to go to any lengths to achieve it, as numerous mass murderers and serial killers have done. Chris Rojek brings together celebrated figures from the arts, sports, politics and other public spheres, from O.J. Simpson and Marilyn Monroe to Hitler and David Bowie, and touches on many movements and fads, including punk, rock-and-roll and fashion. Rojek analyzes the difference between ascribed celebrity, which derives from bloodline, and achieved celebrity, which follows on from personal achievement - the difference between Princess Margaret and, say, Woody Allen. He also shows how there is no parallel in history to today's ubiquitous living form of celebrity, powered by newspapers, PR departments, magazines and electronic mass media. |
| how celebrities influence society: Celebrity Culture in the United States Terence J. Fitzgerald, 2008 Charts the emergence of American celebrity culture, the kinds of people who achieve celebrity status, the continually evolving term celebrity, and what the country's obsession with celebrity says about its society and culture. |
| how celebrities influence society: The New Celebrity Scientists Declan Fahy, 2015-03-06 A new cultural icon strode the world stage at the turn of the twenty-first century: the celebrity scientist, as comfortable in Vanity Fair and Vogue as Smithsonian. Declan Fahy profiles eight of these eloquent, controversial, and compelling sellers of science to investigate how they achieved celebrity in the United States and internationally—and explores how their ideas influence our understanding of the world. Fahy traces the career trajectories of Richard Dawkins, Stephen Hawking, Steven Pinker, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Greene, Stephen Jay Gould, Susan Greenfield, and James Lovelock. He demonstrates how each scientist embraced the power of promotion and popularization to stimulate thinking, impact policy, influence research, drive controversies, and mobilize social movements. He also considers critical claims that they speak beyond their expertise and for personal gain. The result is a fascinating look into how celebrity scientists help determine what it means to be human, the nature of reality, and how to prepare for society’s uncertain future. |
| how celebrities influence society: Handbook of Research on the Impact of Fandom in Society and Consumerism Wang, Cheng Lu, 2019-10-25 Fans of specific sports teams, television series, and video games, to name a few, often create subcultures in which to discuss and celebrate their loyalty and enthusiasm for a particular object or person. Due to their strong emotional attachments, members of these fandoms are often quick to voluntarily invest their time, money, and energy into a related product or brand, thereby creating a group of faithful and passionate consumers that play a significant role in multiple domains of contemporary culture. The Handbook of Research on the Impact of Fandom in Society and Consumerism is an essential reference source that examines the cultural and economic effects of the fandom phenomenon through a multidisciplinary lens and shapes an understanding of the impact of fandom on brand building. Featuring coverage on a wide range of topics such as religiosity, cosplay, and event marketing, this publication is ideally designed for marketers, managers, advertisers, brand managers, consumer behavior analysts, product developers, psychologists, entertainment managers, event coordinators, political scientists, anthropologists, academicians, researchers, and students seeking current studies on the global impact of this particularly devoted community. |
| how celebrities influence society: Internet Celebrity Crystal Abidin, 2018-07-16 This book presents a framework for thinking about different forms of internet celebrity that have emerged in the last decade. Through cross-cultural case studies, the book offers a brief history of internet celebrity; analysis on recent developments in the industry; and commentary on emergent trends. |
| how celebrities influence society: The Psychology of Celebrity Gayle Stever, 2019 The author examines historical perspectives, and addresses the way in which the media has been and continues to be an outlet for celebrities, culminating in the role of social media and technology in our modern society. This is the ideal introduction to the psychology of celebrity for students and general readers. |
| how celebrities influence society: Drive Daniel H. Pink, 2011-04-05 The New York Times bestseller that gives readers a paradigm-shattering new way to think about motivation from the author of When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others). In this provocative and persuasive new book, he asserts that the secret to high performance and satisfaction-at work, at school, and at home—is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world. Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does—and how that affects every aspect of life. He examines the three elements of true motivation—autonomy, mastery, and purpose-and offers smart and surprising techniques for putting these into action in a unique book that will change how we think and transform how we live. |
| how celebrities influence society: Mama's Nightingale Edwidge Danticat, 2015-09-01 A touching tale of parent-child separation and immigration, from a National Book Award finalist After Saya's mother is sent to an immigration detention center, Saya finds comfort in listening to her mother's warm greeting on their answering machine. To ease the distance between them while she’s in jail, Mama begins sending Saya bedtime stories inspired by Haitian folklore on cassette tape. Moved by her mother's tales and her father's attempts to reunite their family, Saya writes a story of her own—one that just might bring her mother home for good. With stirring illustrations, this tender tale shows the human side of immigration and imprisonment—and shows how every child has the power to make a difference. |
| how celebrities influence society: Celebrity in China Louise Edwards, Elaine Jeffreys, 2010-09-01 Celebrity is a pervasive aspect of everyday life and a growing field of academic inquiry. This is the first book-length exploration of celebrity culture in the People's Republic of China and its interaction with international norms of celebrity production. The book comprises case studies from popular culture (film, music, dance, literature, internet); official culture (military, political, and moral exemplars) and business celebrities. This breadth illuminates the ways capitalism and communism converge in the elevation of particular individuals to fame in contemporary China. The book will interest scholars and students in media, popular culture and China studies. Journalists may find the book useful for their analysis of famous figures in China and people working in creative industries area may appreciate these insights into 'image management' in China.--Louise Edwards is professor of modern China studies at the University of Hong Kong. -Elaine Jeffreys is a senior lecturer in China studies at the University of Technology, Sydney.-- |
| how celebrities influence society: Qualitative Researching with Text, Image and Sound Paul Atkinson, Martin W Bauer, George Gaskell, 2000-06-22 `This excellent text will introduce advanced students - and remind senior researchers - of the availability of a broad range of techniques available for the systematic analysis of social data that is not numeric. It makes the key point that neither quantitative nor qualitative methods are interpretive and at the same time demonstrates once and for all that neither a constructivist perspective nor a qualitative approach needs to imply abandonment of rigor. That the chapters are written by different authors makes possible a depth of expertise within each that is unusually strong' - Susanna Hornig Priest, Texas A&M University; Author of `Doing Media Research' Qualitative Researching with Text, Image and Sound off |
| how celebrities influence society: Outrageous Invasions Robin D. Barnes, 2010-03-24 In Outrageous Invasions: Celebrities' Private Lives, Media, and the Law, Professor Robin D. Barnes examines the role and nature of privacy in Western democracies. Celebrities are routinely subjected to stalking, harassment, invasion of privacy, and defamation. These occurrences are often violations of their constitutional rights. Professor Barnes addresses growing concerns about the widespread immunity from liability enjoyed by United States tabloid publishers. Outrageous Invasions chronicles these experiences and the legal battles waged by celebrities in both the United States and European Union against a press corps that continuously invades their private lives. Professor Barnes analyzes doctrinal developments in cases from the United States Supreme Court and the High Courts of Europe. These cases demonstrate that American celebrities are entitled to, but not receiving, the same protections as their European counterparts. In Outrageous Invasions, Professor Barnes explains the value of the rights of the individual to democratic nations. She notes the importance of insuring appropriate protection for freedom of expression and associational freedom through meaningful regulation in the instances when speech rights collide with equally important values such as privacy and equality. |
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| how celebrities influence society: A Genre Approach to Celebrity Politics Nahuel Ribke, 2015-03-17 Exploring the transition of celebrities into institutional-electoral politics, the book argues that many insights developed by genre theorists could be highly instrumental to understand the celebrity politics phenomenon. It analyzes the historical and cultural specificity of celebrity politics as it evolved through different countries and cultures. |
| how celebrities influence society: The Most Powerful You Kathy Caprino, 2020-07-28 Kathy Caprino guides women to take the reins in their careers by identifying and overcoming the seven most damaging power gaps holding them back from the success they want and deserve. The business world has been forever changed by the important progress and contributions that women have made. Yet, with only 38% of manager roles and 22% of C-suite positions being held by women, women continue to struggle to achieve the reward, respect, and authority they have earned. In these pages, career, executive and leadership coach Kathy Caprino helps women conquer the seven destructive power gaps within the workforce, outline the key steps you can take to access greater positive power, and become the true author of your life. Through riveting real-life success stories of women overcoming these gaps, and proven strategies and solutions from more than 30 of the nation’s top experts in fields that are essential to women’s success, the exercises in The Most Powerful You will equip you with the strength to: See yourself more powerfully (Brave Sight) Speak more confidently (Brave Speak) Ask for and receive what you deserve (Brave Ask) Connect to your advantage with influential support (Brave Connection) Challenge and change negative behavior toward you (Brave Challenge) Be of service in more meaningful ways (Brave Service) Heal from past trauma and challenge (Brave Healing) Most importantly, The Most Powerful You will reconnect you to the thrilling dreams you once had for your life and empower you to take the necessary steps to reclaim that dream while making your positive impact in the world. |
| how celebrities influence society: Celebrity Politics Mark Wheeler, 2013-08-22 In this new book, Mark Wheeler offers the first in-depth analysis of the history, nature and global reach of celebrity politics today. Celebrity politicians and politicized celebrities have had a profound impact upon the practice of politics and the way in which it is now communicated. New forms of political participation have emerged as a result and the political classes have increasingly absorbed the values of celebrity into their own PR strategies. Celebrity activists, endorsers, humanitarians and diplomats also play a part in reconfiguring politics for a more fragmented and image-conscious public arena. In academic circles, celebrity may be viewed as a ‘manufactured product’; one fabricated by media exposure so that celebrity activists are no more than ‘bards of the powerful.’ Mark Wheeler, however, provides a more nuanced critique contending that both celebrity politicians and politicized stars should be defined by their ‘affective capacity’ to operate within the public sphere. This timely book will be a valuable resource for students of media and communication studies and political science as well as general readers keen to understand the nature and reach of contemporary celebrity culture. |
| how celebrities influence society: Trump’s Media War Catherine Happer, Andrew Hoskins, William Merrin, 2018-10-17 The election of Donald Trump as US President in 2016 seemed to catch the world napping. Like the vote for Brexit in the UK, there seemed to be a new de-synchronicity – a huge reality gap – between the unfolding of history and the mainstream news media’s interpretations of and reporting of contemporary events. Through a series of short, sharp interventions from academics and journalists, this book interrogates the emergent media war around Donald Trump. A series of interconnected themes are used to set an agenda for exploration of Trump as the lynch-pin in the fall of the liberal mainstream and the rise of the right media mainstream in the USA. By exploring topics such as Trump’s television celebrity, his presidential candidacy and data-driven election campaign, his use of social media, his press conferences and combative relationship with the mainstream media, and the question of ‘fake news’ and his administration’s defence of ‘alternative facts’, the contributors rally together to map the parallels of the seemingly momentous and continuing shifts in the wider relationship between media and politics. |
| how celebrities influence society: Representing Trans Evan Hazenberg, Miriam Meyerhoff, 2017 How we present ourselves to others and how our identities are represented in society is something that we have to negotiate every day. For members of the trans community - transgender, transsexual or some new gendered selfhood - representation has tremendous psychological and social weight. Trans men and trans women must negotiate their representation in multiple domains, with life-changing significance. These include high stakes negotiations of representation in interactions with the legal system and with medical practice, and in the most superficial interactions and social exchanges with strangers. Trans men and trans women must also, of course, negotiate the definitions of their most intimate and meaningful personal relationships. This collection of essays draws on the lived experiences of a number of people who are active members within the trans community. It also draws on the work of university-based academics, thereby bridging scholarly and community discourses about representations of trans people in language, law, art and community health. Here, some of the voices of members of the trans community within New Zealand, and from Asia, the Pacific islands, and North America, can be heard in their own words and on their own terms, within a broader social and historical perspective. Included are images by photographer Fiona Clark, who has documented the lives of her trans friends for four decades. |
| how celebrities influence society: Routledge Handbook of Celebrity Studies Anthony Elliott, 2018-03-05 Ours is the age of celebrity. An inescapable aspect of daily life in our media-saturated societies of the twenty-first century, celebrity is celebrated for its infinite plasticity and glossy seductions. But there is also a darker side. Celebrity culture is littered from end to end with addictions, pathologies, neuroses, even suicides. Why, as a society, are we held in thrall to celebrity? What is the power of celebrity in a world of increasing consumerism, individualism and globalization? Routledge Handbook of Celebrity Studies, edited by acclaimed social theorist Anthony Elliott, offers a remarkably clear overview of the analysis of celebrity in the social sciences and humanities, and in so doing seeks to develop a new agenda for celebrity studies. The key theories of celebrity, ranging from classical sociological accounts to critical theory, and from media studies to postmodern approaches, are drawn together and critically appraised. There are substantive chapters looking at fame, renown and celebrity in terms of the media industries, pop music, the makeover industries, soap stars, fans and fandom as well as the rise of non-Western forms of celebrity. The Handbook also explores in detail the institutional aspects of celebrity, and especially new forms of mediated action and interaction. From Web 3.0 to social media, the culture of celebrity is fast redefining the public political sphere. Throughout this volume, there is a strong emphasis on interdisciplinarity with chapters covering sociology, cultural studies, psychology, politics and history. Written in a clear and direct style, this handbook will appeal to a wide undergraduate audience. The extensive references and sources will direct students to areas of further study. |
| how celebrities influence society: Truth Heals Deborah King, 2010-05-07 Truth Heals: What You Hide Can Hurt You, is a national bestseller. Deborah tells her incredible story of cancer, abuse, and addiction as an inspiration for self-improvement, with thoughtful tips and tools, and sharp, no-nonsense insights about celebrities past and present. The result is a guidebook for self-healing - for the reader who seeks to summon his inner potential, or think for herself and, ultimately, integrate mind and body. |
| how celebrities influence society: Celebrity Leverage: Insider Secrets to Getting Celebrity Endorsements, Instant Credibility and Star-Powered Publicity, Or How to Make Your Jordan McAuley, 2010 Discover creative strategies for getting your products in celebrities' hands, getting low-cost and free celebrity endorsements, linking your business, product or service to celebrities in other ways, and even making yourself into a celebrity in your field. All of these strategies are Celebrity Leverage. Shows you how to get other celebrities to promote your business, your products, and your services. Reveals how to turn yourself into a celebrity in your area, your niche and your field. |
| how celebrities influence society: Fame Andy Evans, Senior Lecturer in Psychology Institute of Psychiatry Glenn D Wilson, Reader in European Studies Andrew Evans, Ph., 1999-08 Fame tracks the inner world of celebrities from TV, film, music, and sports to find out what it takes psychologically to achieve stardom, outlining their common traits and backgrounds. |
| how celebrities influence society: Celebrity Worshippers Lynn Ellis McCutcheon, John Maltby, James Houran, Diane Ashe, 2004-07 Celebrities are treated like modern religious icons within our media - and entertainment-saturated society. Why? This unprecedented book examines the historical, psychological, and sociological roots of our culture's fascination with famous personalities. The authors are a team of interdisciplinary researchers who have launched the only systematic study of the worldwide phenomenon known as celebrity worship. They have spent the last four years trying to learn more about how and why some people become celebrity worshippers. Their work has been published in some of the most prestigious psychology journals. Now they have summarized and integrated their findings with classic works on the topic. Written to be accessible to professionals, students, and the general public, this text provides a thoughtful and provocative analysis of why society feeds upon and reinforces the fantasy of celebrities and what variables may turn a healthy respect for celebrities into an unhealthy preoccupation. |
| how celebrities influence society: Framing Celebrity Su Holmes, Sean Redmond, 2012-11-12 Celebrity culture has a pervasive presence in our everyday lives – perhaps more so than ever before. It shapes not simply the production and consumption of media content but also the social values through which we experience the world. This collection analyses this phenomenon, bringing together essays which explore celebrity across a range of media, cultural and political contexts. The authors investigate topics such as the intimacy of fame, political celebrity, stardom in American ‘quality’ television (Sarah Jessica Parker), celebrity 'reality' TV (I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!), the circulation of the porn star, the gallery film (David/David Beckham), the concept of cartoon celebrity (The Simpsons), fandom and celebrity (k.d. lang, *NSYNC), celebrity in the tabloid press, celebrity magazines (heat, Celebrity Skins), the fame of the serial killer and narratives of mental illness in celebrity culture. The collection is organized into four themed sections: Fame Now broadly examines the contemporary contours of fame as they course through new media sites (such as 'reality' TV and the internet) and different social, cultural and political spaces. Fame Body attempts to situate the star or celebrity body at the centre of the production, circulation and consumption of contemporary fame. Fame Simulation considers the increasingly strained relationship between celebrity and artifice and ‘authenticity’. Fame Damage looks at the way the representation of fame is bound up with auto-destructive tendencies or dissolution. |
| how celebrities influence society: Celebrity Morals and the Loss of Religious Authority John Portmann, 2021-03-31 This book examines American popular culture to demonstrate that celebrities have superseded religious figures as moral authorities. As trust in religious institutions has waned over recent decades, the once frivolous entertainment fringe has become the moral center. Young people and voters increasingly take cues from actors and athletes. The book begins by offering a definition of celebrity and showing that the profile of celebrities has changed dramatically, particularly since the 1960s. They can now chart their own careers, manage their own personal lives and weigh in on pressing moral issues in a manner that hasn't always been the case. This can be to the good, it is argued, for some counterintuitive reasons. Very few stars pretend to be moral exemplars, unlike the frequently hypocritical elites they have replaced. Others, however, are seemingly poorly qualified to speak on complex moral issues. In the end, it also turns out that who tells us how to feel about any moral issue counts at least as much as what they tell us. This is a fresh look at the impact of celebrity culture on contemporary morality and religious authority. As such, it will be of great use to academics working in religious studies and ethics, as well as popular culture and media studies. |
| how celebrities influence society: Ordinary People and the Media Graeme Turner, 2010 The 'demotic turn' is a term coined by Graeme Turner to describe the increasing visibility of the 'ordinary person' in the media today. In this dynamic and insightful book he explores the 'whys' and 'hows' of the 'everyday' individual's willingness to turn themselves into media content through: · Celebrity culture, · Reality TV, · DIY websites, · Talk radio, · User-generated materials online. Initially proposed in order to analyse the pervasiveness of celebrity culture, this book further develops the idea of the demotic turn as a means of examining the common elements in a range of 'hot spots' in debates within media and cultural studies today. Refuting the proposition that the demotic turn necessarily carries with it a democratising politics, this book examines the political and cultural function of the demotic turn in media production and consumption across the fields of reality TV, print and electronic news and current affairs journalism, citizen and online journalism, talk radio, and user-generated content online. It examines these fields in order to outline a structural shift in what the western media has been doing lately, and to suggest that these media activities represent something much more fundamental than contemporary media fashion. |
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To better explicate the differences between celebrities and SMIs as endorsers and infuse this growing literature with empirical foundations, the present study examines four fundamental …
Celebrity and Politics - Cambridge University Press & Assessment
stage, celebrities develop and deploy their fame by engaging in politics. While Donald Trump’s election to president of the United States may be the most recent and high-profile example, …
Do celebrities have more influence than politicians? - Debating Group
Politicians and ‘pillars of society’ did not have the same influence – getting Sean Connery involved made all the difference. Max Clifford went on to illustrate the influence of celebrities in the US …
Social Network Sites, Friends, and Celebrities: The Roles of Social ...
comparison with adolescents’ peers and favorite celebrities on SNSs’ influence outcomes of BID and the drive to achieve an idealized body shape. Second, as SNSs promote interac-tivity, they …
The Roles of Celebrities in Public Disputes: Climate Change and the ...
We demonstrate how celebrities as powerful agents for industries and environmental campaigns perform three key roles – popularizers, authorities, and visionaries. Our article contributes to the …
Parasociality and Habitus in Celebrity Consumption and Political ...
Through the dis- courses on how ordinary people, industry actors and celebrities themselves interact to negotiate the celebrity social meanings, the paper concludes that celebrification is an …
Influencers as role models - Taylor & Francis Online
In this article, we analyse whether influencers have special moral responsibilities to act as role models for their audience and fans, in the way that Singer and Weissman suggest.
Theorizing celebrity cultures: thickenings of celebrity cultures and ...
spatial differentiation between (sub)national celebri-ty cultures, for which the Flemish case is taken as a central example. We gain a better understanding of this differentiation by adopting a …
Celebrity status and the attribution of value - SAGE Journals
We consider that celebrity status derives from an accumulation of social esteem or disparagement based on the countless evaluative judgements, positive or negative, that accumulate in media …
Celebrity, Fame and Culture - Springer
celebrities in society influencing fashion, how we furnish our homes, and even the food and drink we consume. Society, it appears, is fixated with celebrity, attaching extravagant value to public …
The global politics of celebrity - Taylor & Francis Online
Celebrity tells us about a culture’s notions of privacy, publicness, and intimacy. Celebrity is said to “re-style,” “personalize,” and even democratize politics. It has long been involved in diplomacy, …
Celebrity and Power: Fame in Contemporary Culture
understanding of celebrity and celebrities’ popularity as ephemeral, fleeting, yet their personas possess significant influence and power. How do we resolve or explain this dialectical tension? …
Take Action Now: The Legitimacy of Celebrity Power in International …
By celebrity power, I mean their "capability ... to determine the actions and even the thoughts of others."6 In this article, I first outline the power of celebrities in international relations and …
Ethics of Celebrities and Their Increasing Influence in 21st Century ...
The demand for the expansion of celebrities’ influ-ence and domain in society can be attributed to the increasing demand for fame in a global internet society. According to a survey done by the …
Investigating the media as mediators of celebrities` influence on the ...
From the data analysis, 15 main categories were extracted and categorized in the paradigmatic model to present the paradigmatic model of media management of cultural and social effects of...
Celebrity role models and their impact on mental health of …
a few years older or celebrities who give back to the community are a good influence on others. Parents should try to make children understand the difference between reel life and real life. …
The Evolution of Traditional Ghanaian Music and Influence from …
The Evolution of Traditional Ghanaian Music and Influence from Western Society Lindsay Albright Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Bridget Teboh, History Department ABSTRACT Located in West Africa, …
Socio-cultural impact of film celebrities on teenagers
Socio-cultural impact of film celebrities on teenagers 309 traditions; etiquette, health and education. This study is designed to collect information so as to know the extent and types of …
Internet Celebrities Bodies/Emotions in China’s Society 4 - Dialnet
The boom in Internet celebrities has greatly influenced Chinese society. It already commands huge audiences and it is likely that these will continue to grow. Internet celebrities have a huge …
The Impact of Technology on Music Star’s Cultural Influence
3 Jun 2017 · derstanding artists’ cultural influence is critical in reevaluating their position in society. After a literature review tracking influence through the decades since the vinyl era, the …
Bollywood Celebrities role in promoting goods of Social Change …
responsibility towards the society”, while a lot of our Bollywood celebrities are doing well financially, only a few realize their responsibility and working towards the betterment of better …
Celebrity culture and young people's aspirations: a resource for ...
of YouTube celebrities (mainly young people who had acquired a following through the global video sharing site). These celebrities were overwhelmingly discussed in positive ways and …
The Aftermath of Celebrity Scandals on Endorsement - IISTE
Celebrities as brand endorsers for its products and services. The expectations of companies are that celebrities with ... celebrities appear to be gaining increasing influence in society (Choi and …
CELEBRITY INFLUENCE ON CONSUMER BEHAVIOR THROUGH …
purchase intention of a product (Liu, 2020). Celebrities that build their human brand early on connect with more people and become more convincing (Liu, 2020). Celebrities have a …
A Macho Populist Comes Again?: Robin Padilla and Radical Politics …
no setsugou’ e [From ‘Theory of Mature Society’ to ‘The Articulation of Ethics of Care and Radical Democracies’],” in The Annuals of Japanese Political Science Association 70.2 (2019), 24. 4 …
Micro-celebrities, Internet celebrities and their audiences
Micro-celebrities, Internet celebrities and their audiences - the moving image analysis on the cultural and social influence Author: Shunan Liu Media and communication MSc, Lund …
RESEARCH ARTICLE OPEN ACCESS Influence of Celebrities …
dressing seen on celebrities are considered decent and modest and on this note, the adolescents need to be guided properly in their choice of clothing so as to protect our culture and embrace …
The Influence of Internet Celebrities on the Mainstream Values of ...
Internet celebrities to find out which factors are the main factors that Internet celebrities influence the values of college students. The work further classif ies them according to the positive ...
Celebrities, Culture and a Name Economy - CORE
Celebrities, Culture and a Name Economy Brian Moeran Visiting Professor Department of Intercultural Communication and Management Copenhagen Business School ... of New York …
Entrepreneurial celebrity endorsement and its influences on …
purchasing, the presence of celebrities has a huge impact on the brands that people choose (Canning, LE and West, D, 2006). To appear similar to our favourite celebrities, we try Abstract …
Exploring the Credibility of Fitness Instagram Micro-Celebrities …
Micro-Celebrities on Young British Males By Elmira Djafarova* & Max Thompson± This study explores the influence fitness micro-celebrities have on young British males. Content analysis …
Celebrity Influences on Consumer Decision Making: New Insights …
The importance of entertainment celebrities in modern societies is increasing at an exponential rate (see Yu, Ronen, Hu, Lu, & Hidalgo, 2014). Hence, Keel and Nataraajan (2012) call for …
Celebrity Politics: a Theoretical and Historical Perspective - Springer
of celebrities as a social phenomenon has been linked to the rise of the mass media and entertainment industries. The pioneering works in this field were particularly emphatic …
Analysis of the Influence of the Internet Celebrity Economy on the ...
The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology ISSN 2616-7433 Vol. 4, Issue 7: 11-16, DOI: 10.25236/FSST.2022.040703 Published by Francis Academic Press, UK -11- Analysis of the …
Social media celebrities and materialism influence on compulsive …
10 Jun 2024 · By leveraging the influence of celebrities positively, it may be possible to promote more responsible and sustainable consumption habits among consumers in Saudi Arabia. Key …
THE REPRESENTATION OF MALE AND FEMALE CELEBRITIES ON …
i DECLARATION Student number: 46492348 I declare that The representation of male and female celebrities on e+ magazine covers and how it might influence teenagers living in the …
The Influence of Celebrity Endorsements on Consumer - IJRPR
opinions of celebrities onto endorsed brands, which fosters legitimacy and a sense of confidence. This occurs when celebrities advocate products and services. The manner in which celebrity …
The Role of Celebrities During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Iran ...
celebrities.8 These days, celebrities are a kind of social authority for various social groups. Thus, their words, actions, and messages are effective. Celebrities can induce a part of society to …
The Influence of Internet Celebrity Economy on College Students …
1.1.2. The Influence on Consumption It is acknowledged that celebrities has social and economic impact in our society. Thus, celebrities often turn their reputation into a marketing tool. We …
Biological, psychological and social processes that explain celebrities …
networks, how their influence is a manifestation of people’s desire to acquire celebrities’ social capital, and how they affect the ways people acquire and interpret health information. …
The Influence of Professional Athletes as Role Models on Young
society, where life centers on television programmes and computer games, sportsmen really shape the advantages of physical exercise for children and teenagers. Athletes are fit, healthy …
“The influence of celebrities on the conspicuous consumption of …
The influence of celebrities on the conspicuous consumption of Saudi youth Received on: 1st of February, 2023 Accepted on: 29th of July, 2023 Published on: 11th of September, 2023 ...
Parasociality and Habitus in Celebrity Consumption and Political ...
sonae that celebrities can attain from the parasociality that is embedded in the celebrity culture and politics in the Philippines. Moreover, such parasociality is nuanced by the habitus where …
The development of reputational capital How social media …
2.2 | Brand endorsers—traditional celebrities versus social media influencers 2.2.1 | Traditional celebrities Traditional celebrities are well-known film stars, musicians, models, athletes, TV …
Humanity & Society Unapologetic Blackness ª The Author(s) 2020 …
Humanity & Society 2020, Vol. 44(4) 375-402 ... celebrities have received backlash foropenly valuing Blackness in an anti-Black ... rities’ perceived status and influence, further defining the …
Celebrities’ impact on health-related knowledge, attitudes, …
which celebrities influence our health-related behaviors, il-lustrating how the mechanics of celebrity and popular cul-ture is a serious public health issue (see Table 1 for the 14 ...
The Influence of Celebrity Endorsement on Young Consumers’ …
Published by Human Resource Management Academic Research Society (www.hrmars.com) This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license. Anyone …
THE ATTITUDE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TOWARDS CELEBRITY …
the society and receives recognition from a significant number of people (Arora &Sahu, 2013). Celebrities achieve larger than ... In Asia, the growth of celebrity endorsements has seen a …
Unveiling the psychological mechanisms behind sports celebrity …
Breuer (2020), sports celebrities are particularly effective in capturing customers’ attention. in the field of celebrity endorsements and their impact on consumer behavior, previous studies have …
Using Stars for Moral Navigation: An Ethical Exploration into …
potential for celebrities to function as moral exemplars and role models. We argue that there are more ways in which celebrities play a role in helping us navigate our moral lives. First, …
Celebrity Endorsement: A Congruity Measure of Personalities - CORE
“Celebrity is an omnipresent feature of society, blazing lasting impressions in the memories of all who cross its path.” ... than the product endorsed by them (Friedman and Friedman, 1979). …
An explanatory study on assessing the Impact of Celebrity ... - IJFMR
popularity and influence of celebrities to promote products and brands. The research employs a mixed-methods approach, including surveys and case studies, to comprehensively understand …
The social study of serial killers - Centre for Crime and Justice …
society of strangers, the development of a culture of celebrity, and cultural frameworks of denigration and marginalisation. Society of strangers Mass urbanisation is a distinctive …
Japanese Society and Culture - Toyo
influence society, how people celebrate the arrival of such an important moment, and how it influences people’s lives in Japan and other countries. Moreover, it discusses two of the most …
SOCIAL MEDIA CELEBRITY INFLUENCES ON ADOLESCENCE’S …
the society. The new way of communication by using social networking sites give the power to influence one behavior. New tool of communication, which is Instagram, has succeeds in …
Celebrities’ Influence on the Students’ Voting Preferences
The influence of celebrities has a significant impact on society because they represent celebrities who have a put within the development of political stories. According to the traditional view, …
Celebrity Political Endorsement Effects: A Perspective on the Social ...
most young adults believe celebrities are less informed about politics. Brubaker (2011) found that college-aged voters distance themselves from celebrity endorsements of out-group candidates; …
Mass Media Influence On Society - ieu.edu.tr
Mass Media Influence on Society By Dr. Anthony R. Curtis Mass Communication Department University of North Carolina at Pembroke . Over the last 500 years, the ... the images of super …
Celebrity Involvement in Adolescents’ Body Image Dissatisfaction
6 SOCIAL COMPARISON ON SOCIAL NETWORK SITES concept of interest—adolescents’ drive to achieve ideal body types—it is defined as the preoccupation to engage in behaviors to …
University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository
The Beauty Industry’s Influence on Women in Society By Ann Marie Britton Fall Semester, 2012 Faculty Sponsor: Bruce E. Pfeiffer, Ph.D. THE BEAUTY INDUSTRY’S INFLUENCE ON …
Literature Review of Celebrity Worship - Springer
Literature Review of Celebrity Worship Guiling Xia1(B), Zhaoling Qin2, and Jiheng Hu1 1 Business School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China xiaguiling@stu.scu.edu.cn 2 …
Female Celebrities in Contemporary Chinese Society - Springer
about celebrities and especially about their careers and their personal life. The Chinese paparazzi wait for days outside the apartment building of ... Stars and Society (2003); and . Framing …
Ethical Perspectives Special Issue – The Morality of Fame
22 Aug 2022 · Fame and celebrity play a powerful role in social life. For instance, celebrities often use their public platform to influence social and political discourse. A prominent example of this …
THE COSMETICS INDUSTRY INFLUENCE ON WOMEN IN SOCIETY.
and celebrities with flawless skin and perfect bodies. From a young age, Sarah internalized these beauty ... Sarah's story highlights the pervasive influence of beauty standards on women's …
Communication Effect and Restriction of Online Foreign Celebrities …
nomenon in society. It is a social phenomenon of increasing social mobility and the ... Past studies compare online celebrities’ influence in different countries and provide
