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Canadian Theatre Review: Celebrity Culture

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This issue of Canadian Theatre Review joins a growing body of scholarship on the phenomenon now widely referred to as ?celebrity culture.? Since the mid-1990s, the ubiquitous and surprisingly long-standing appeal of reality television, the proliferation of online gossip sites and photo agencies, the popularity of blogs and social networking sites from Facebook to Twitter, and the incredible success of YouTube have dramatically increased the number of venues through which average citizens can view and vie for fame and fortune. Celebrities living their ?everyday lives? are subject to constant surveillance by the paparazzi and by extension the fans who view ?candid? celebrity photos and videos online.

Language: English

Pages: 112

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Release: January 22, 2010

ISBN: 1442610565

ISBN 13: 9781442610569

Canadian Theatre Review: Celebrity Culture

0/5 ( ratings)

This issue of Canadian Theatre Review joins a growing body of scholarship on the phenomenon now widely referred to as ?celebrity culture.? Since the mid-1990s, the ubiquitous and surprisingly long-standing appeal of reality television, the proliferation of online gossip sites and photo agencies, the popularity of blogs and social networking sites from Facebook to Twitter, and the incredible success of YouTube have dramatically increased the number of venues through which average citizens can view and vie for fame and fortune. Celebrities living their ?everyday lives? are subject to constant surveillance by the paparazzi and by extension the fans who view ?candid? celebrity photos and videos online.

Language: English

Pages: 112

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Release: January 22, 2010

ISBN: 1442610565

ISBN 13: 9781442610569

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