{"product_id":"celebrity-a-history-of-fame-paperback","title":"Celebrity: A History of Fame - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan J. Douglas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndrea McDonnell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe historical and cultural context of fame in the twenty-first century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, celebrity culture is an inescapable part of our media landscape and our everyday lives. This was not always the case. Over the past century, media technologies have increasingly expanded the production and proliferation of fame. Celebrity explores this revolution and its often under-estimated impact on American culture. Using numerous precedent-setting examples spanning more than one hundred years of media history, Douglas and McDonnell trace the dynamic relationship between celebrity and the technologies of mass communication that have shaped the nature of fame in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevealing how televised music fanned a worldwide phenomenon called \"Beatlemania\" and how Kim Kardashian broke the internet, Douglas and McDonnell also show how the media has shaped both the lives of the famous and the nature of the spotlight itself. Celebrity examines the production, circulation, and effects of celebrity culture to consider the impact of stars from Shirley Temple to Muhammad Ali to the homegrown star made possible by your Instagram feed. It maps ever-evolving media technologies as they adeptly interweave the lives of the rich and famous into ours: from newspapers and photography in the nineteenth century, to the twentieth century's radio, cinema, and television, up to the revolutionary impact of the internet and social media.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, mass media relies upon an ever-changing cast of celebrities to grab our attention and money, and new stars are conquering new platforms to build their adoring audiences and enhance their images. In the era of YouTube, Snapchat, and reality television, fame may be fleeting, but its impact on society is profound and lasting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan J. Douglas (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSusan J. Douglas\u003c\/b\u003e is the Catherine Neafie Kellogg Professor of Communication Studies at The University of Michigan. She is the author of five books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of Enlightened Sexism\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), \u003ci\u003eListening In: Radio and the American Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e (1999) and \u003ci\u003eWhere The Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media\u003c\/i\u003e (1994). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea McDonnell (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAndrea McDonnell\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Emmanuel College. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eReading Celebrity Gossip Magazines\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and has published numerous articles examining the relationship between media and popular culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 26, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42717242458175,"sku":"9781479862030","price":67.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/acd2e9ef15eb9ed6b353962444b3cda0.webp?v=1765077807","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/celebrity-a-history-of-fame-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}