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Journalism and celebrity / Bethany Usher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Usher, Bethany, (Professor of journalism), author.
- Series:
- Communication and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Celebrities--Press coverage--History.
- Celebrities.
- Journalism--Social aspects.
- Journalism.
- Sensationalism in journalism.
- Celebrities--Press coverage--Great Britain--Case studies.
- Celebrities--Press coverage--United States--Case studies.
- Press coverage.
- History.
- United States.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white).
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Dr Bethany Usher worked as a journalist for regional and then national tabloid newspapers before quitting industry and speaking out about some of the practices she encountered. She now leads postgraduate journalism provision at Newcastle University where her recent work has focused on the intercommunications between journalism, celebrity and politics and their societal and democratic impacts.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Journalism and Celebrity during the Consumer Revolution and Bourgeois Public Sphere
- Celebrity and the New Journalism
- Acts of Consecration and Desecration: Journalism and 20th Century Stardoms
- Tabloids, Television and the Neoliberal Soap Opera
- The Story of the 21st Century: Networked Hyperconsumerism and Neopopulism and Applications of Journalism and Celebrity
- Conclusion: What to do?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Usher, Bethany, (Professor of journalism). Journalism and celebrity.
- ISBN:
- 9780429259531
- 0429259530
- 9780429535192
- 0429535198
- 9780429521720
- 0429521723
- 9780429549892
- 042954989X
- Publisher Number:
- 40030309526
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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