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    American Idolatry

American Idolatry

Christopher E. Bell
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      The popular definition characterizes celebrity as a product of manufacture rather than merit. If fame is taken to represent the recognition of achievement, then modern celebrity, in contrast, must be based on something other than achievement, for celebrity and fame are not the same thing. This book explores the process by which celebrity is created, using the first seven seasons of Fox Television's American Idol as a framework for analysis of how celebrity is defined, generated, nurtured, and intensified.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Christopher E. Bell EAN: 9780786448241 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 365 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: McFarland & Co Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2010-02-01 CITY: GENRE: PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General WIDTH: 0 cm SPINE:

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      Media studies: TV and society

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      A recent doctoral graduate from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Ronald E. McNair scholar, Christopher E. Bell lives in Broomfield, Colorado.
      The popular definition characterizes celebrity as a product of manufacture rather than merit. If fame is taken to represent the recognition of achievement, then modern celebrity, in contrast, must be based on something other than achievement, for celebrity and fame are not the same thing. This book explores the process by which celebrity is created, using the first seven seasons of Fox Television's American Idol as a framework for analysis of how celebrity is defined, generated, nurtured, and intensified.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Christopher E. Bell EAN: 9780786448241 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 365 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
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      Media studies: TV and society

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      A recent doctoral graduate from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Ronald E. McNair scholar, Christopher E. Bell lives in Broomfield, Colorado.

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