Celebrities

Question 1

Celebrities as commodities

Answer 1

Celebrity as a form of labor and a product of labor (How to make a celebrity)

Question 2

Industry-produced celebrity

Answer 2

Public Relations (agents, stylists) Authorized Coverage (movies, talk shows)

Question 3

Audience-produced celebrity

Answer 3

Unauthorized coverage (paparazzi, gossip, blogs) fans, anti-fans

Question 4

Celebrity-produced celebrity

Answer 4

More control and labor over self presentation, new technologies, social media

Question 5

Cultural Entrepreneurship

Answer 5

(Micheal Scoot) about musical artists taking more responsibilities with publicity, booking and interaction with fans

Question 6

Celebrity as industry

Answer 6

Site of constant struggle for control and input (public relations, celebrity)

Question 7

Star Text

Answer 7

pedestal of stardom (polysemic, intertext, context specific, ideologies)

Question 8

Star text as a representation

Answer 8

representation of a classification of people

Question 9

Star text as intertext

Answer 9

Applying texts you associate the star with to the star (Liam Nesson as a comedian)

Question 10

Richard Dyer

Answer 10

Stars are made for profit (films, magazines, products)

Question 11

Graeme Turner

Answer 11

Star as a representation, discursive effect, commodity, cultural formation