Celebrity in the age of global communication networks

TY - CHAP

T1 - Celebrity in the age of global communication networks

AU - Driessens, Olivier

PY - 2018/1/1

Y1 - 2018/1/1

N2 - This chapter will discuss celebrity in relation to global communication networks. The literature on this topic can be roughly divided into two categories. The first category concerns all questions on global versus local celebrity. Early writings here dealt primarily with ‘global’ stars and Anglophone celebrity cultures (or North-American, British or Australian celebrities), for example by looking at what values stars embodied and exported to international audiences (Dyer 1986/2004; Marshall 1997). This particular focus can be largely explained by, on the one hand, the economic and cultural dominance of American and British culture and media industries - Hollywood, but also institutions such as the gossip magazine People or the Daily Mail. On the other hand, mostly Anglophone scholars have pioneered the study of stars and celebrity, published in outlets that are also exclusively Anglophone. Yet slowly attention has broadened to include the study of local celebrity (Ferris 2010) and non-Anglophone celebrity cultures (e.g. Gorin and Dubied 2011; Galbraith and Karlin 2012), although this is still a relatively small but growing body of literature.

AB - This chapter will discuss celebrity in relation to global communication networks. The literature on this topic can be roughly divided into two categories. The first category concerns all questions on global versus local celebrity. Early writings here dealt primarily with ‘global’ stars and Anglophone celebrity cultures (or North-American, British or Australian celebrities), for example by looking at what values stars embodied and exported to international audiences (Dyer 1986/2004; Marshall 1997). This particular focus can be largely explained by, on the one hand, the economic and cultural dominance of American and British culture and media industries - Hollywood, but also institutions such as the gossip magazine People or the Daily Mail. On the other hand, mostly Anglophone scholars have pioneered the study of stars and celebrity, published in outlets that are also exclusively Anglophone. Yet slowly attention has broadened to include the study of local celebrity (Ferris 2010) and non-Anglophone celebrity cultures (e.g. Gorin and Dubied 2011; Galbraith and Karlin 2012), although this is still a relatively small but growing body of literature.

KW - Faculty of Humanities

KW - celebrity culture

KW - celebrity

KW - Social Media

KW - Globalisation

KW - cultural imperialism

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 9781138022942

SP - 245

EP - 254

BT - Routledge Handbook of Celebrity Studies

A2 - Elliott, Anthony

PB - Routledge

CY - London

ER -