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Internet Celebrity - by  Crystal Abidin (Paperback) - 1 of 1

Internet Celebrity - by Crystal Abidin (Paperback)

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  • The face of internet celebrity is rapidly diversifying and evolving.
  • About the Author: Crystal Abidin is Postdoctoral Fellow with the Media Management and Transformation Centre (MMTC) at Jönköping University, Sweden, and Adjunct Researcher with the Centre for Culture and Technology (CCAT) at Curtin University, Australia.
  • 192 Pages
  • Social Science, Media Studies

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About the Book



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.



Book Synopsis



The face of internet celebrity is rapidly diversifying and evolving. Online and mainstream celebrity culture are now weaving together, such that breakout stars from one-hit viral videos are able to turn their transient fame into a full-time career.
This book presents a framework for thinking about the different forms of internet celebrity that have emerged over the last decade, taking examples from the Global North and South, to consolidate key ideas about cultures of online fame. It discusses the overall landscape, developments and trends in the internet celebrity economy, and cross-cultural lessons.



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"A succulent collection of up to date and incisive contributions to the field of global micro-celebrity. It offers an impressive array of new ideas and arguments to help us to understand and research one of the characteristic developments of our time."

--Chris Rojek, Professor of Sociology, University of London, UK

"Crystal Abidin has produced a most useful book. It brings our understanding of internet celebrity right up to date, and does so with an exemplary attention to its proliferating diversity of form, content, structure and location."

--Graeme Turner, University of Queensland, Australia

"Want a globally-focused primer on an emergent entertainment phenomenon that is as (at times) as baffling as it is (at times) lucrative? This is definitely your book."

--Dr. Theresa M. Senft, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia



About the Author



Crystal Abidin is Postdoctoral Fellow with the Media Management and Transformation Centre (MMTC) at Jönköping University, Sweden, and Adjunct Researcher with the Centre for Culture and Technology (CCAT) at Curtin University, Australia. As a socio-cultural anthropologist of vernacular internet cultures, particularly young people's relationships with internet celebrity, self-curation, and vulnerability, she has published extensively on Influencers, a multimedia form of vocational internet celebrity, and is currently working on projects in East Asia, Australia, and Scandinavia.
Dimensions (Overall): 7.72 Inches (H) x 5.04 Inches (W) x .47 Inches (D)
Weight: .45 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 192
Genre: Social Science
Sub-Genre: Media Studies
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Format: Paperback
Author: Crystal Abidin
Language: English
Street Date: July 16, 2018
TCIN: 1013086464
UPC: 9781787560796
Item Number (DPCI): 247-59-6953
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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