Introduction: celebrity intersections Marshall, P. David and Redmond, Sean 2016, Introduction: celebrity intersections. In Marshall, P. David and Redmond, Sean (ed), A companion to celebrity, Wiley Blackwell, London, Eng., pp.1-13. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Introduction: celebrity intersections Author(s) Marshall, P. David orcid.org/0000-0002-0418-4447 Redmond, Sean orcid.org/0000-0002-1460-8610 Title of book A companion to celebrity Editor(s) Marshall, P. David orcid.org/0000-0002-0418-4447 Redmond, Sean orcid.org/0000-0002-1460-8610 Publication date 2016 Chapter number 1 Total chapters 27 Start page 1 End page 13 Total pages 13 Publisher Wiley Blackwell Place of Publication London, Eng. Keyword(s) Celebrity Celebrity Studies Honorary doctorates Loneliness Summary This introductory essay maps the area of celebrity studies and its migration into the academy(university) in the last 30 years. Through first a study of how celebrities have been used by universities to play in the attention economy through honorary doctorates, the introduction then focuses on how the field of celebrity studies has emerged. The second half of the introduction deals with how celebrities have served as companions in an increasingly isolated and lonely cultural structure. It concludes with the idea that celebrity maintains it wonder and its fascination for audiences and cultures. ISBN 9781118475072 Language eng Field of Research 200104 Media Studies 200204 Cultural Theory 200101 Communication Studies Socio Economic Objective 950204 The Media HERDC Research category B1 Book chapter Copyright notice ©2016, Wiley Blackwell Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30080291 Document type: Book Chapter Collection: School of Communication and Creative Arts Related Links Link Description   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 16 Dec 2015, 09:59:03 EST Thu, 17 Dec 2015, 04:02:35 EST Thu, 17 Dec 2015, 06:34:07 EST Sat, 05 Mar 2016, 05:09:16 EST Wed, 25 May 2016, 15:25:42 EST Wed, 25 May 2016, 15:27:44 EST Fri, 09 Feb 2018, 13:15:59 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 207 Abstract Views, 4 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 16 Dec 2015, 09:59:03 EST

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