This insightful book traces the development of journalism and celebrity and their relationship to and influence on political and social spheres from the beginni
Few features of contemporary American culture are as widely lamented as the public's obsession with celebrity--and the trivializing effect this obsession has on
As early as 1900, when moving-picture and recording technologies began to bolster entertainment-based leisure markets, journalists catapulted entertainers to go
This book looks back to the early days of new and social media, to examine the potential threat that such technologies and platforms posed to the mainstream cor
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, her experience reporting for People magazine, and dozens of interviews with photographers, journalists, publicists, magazine