Celebrity culture & the triumph of ordinariness

Additional Titles:: Celebrity culture and the triumph of ordinariness
Published:: London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2017.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (1 video file (23 min., 46 sec.)) : sound, colour
Additional Creators:: Gamson, Joshua, 1962-

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Language Note:

Closed-captioned in English.

Summary:

Professor Joshua Gamson discusses celebrity culture and the rise of ordinariness in American celebrity culture. American celebrity culture has been changed through the onslaught of reality TV and social media. Gamson discusses how these changes have occurred, how ordinary people have become famous, and how fame has been democratized.

Subject(s):

Celebrities—America
Fame—Social aspects

ISBN:

9781526420237 (streaming video)

Participant/Performer Note:

Speaker, Joshua Gamson Ph.D.

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