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David C. Giles (University of Winchester, UK)

Twenty-First Century Celebrity: Fame In Digital Culture

ISBN: 978-1-78754-212-9, eISBN: 978-1-78743-708-1

Publication date: 10 September 2018

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Giles, D.C. (2018), "Index", Twenty-First Century Celebrity: Fame In Digital Culture, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 237-243. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78743-708-120181016

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INDEX

Abell, J.
, 143

Abidin, C.
, 157, 158, 161, 163, 166

Affordances

affordance theory
, 24, 30–33, 34, 79, 100

and celebrity
, 33–37, 59, 79, 122

of Instagram
, 36, 156, 162, 163–165, 169–170

of media in general
, 32–33, 35–37, 71, 77–80, 180, 194

of Snapchat
, 190–192

of Twitter
, 29, 36, 37, 80, 81, 82, 83, 92, 100

of YouTube
, 36, 109, 122

Alberoni, F.
, 14

Allington, D.
, 103

Andò, R.
, 117, 119, 120, 123, 125, 126, 136, 138, 141

Ashe, D.D.
, 50

Ashton Kutcher
, 82

Audiences

audience theory
, 39–40, 55

and fandom
, 46

participation in media
, 60–63, 71

and Twitter
, 82, 85, 87, 90, 94, 98, 104

and YouTube
, 108, 109, 116, 117, 120, 126–128, 132, 134, 141, 145

Authenticity

of animal celebrities
, 185

authentic talk
, 141

definition of
, 132–134

and Instagram
, 165–168

and lifestyle TV
, 60–61

and marketing
, 132, 137

of meme celebrities
, 185

and micro-celebrity
, 74, 137

and ordinariness
, 61, 62, 107, 120, 131, 132, 141, 144, 185

as performance
, 131–132, 139, 141, 143–144, 152

of political celebrities
, 199–200

and reality TV
, 66, 131

and sincerity
, 133

threats to
, 137–140

and Twitter
, 84–86

and YouTube
, 134–137, 138, 140, 141, 142
Banet-Weiser, S.
, 137, 155

Barack Obama
, 81, 82

Barker, M.
, 27

Bayer, J.B.
, 190

Beer, D.
, 80, 85, 91, 95

Beers Fägersten, K.
, 140, 146, 147

Benecchi, E.
, 84, 94

Benjamin, W.
, 23

Bennett, J.
, 14, 15, 123, 125, 131, 132

Berryman, R.
, 116

Bevan, A.
, 123, 136

Bielby, D.D.
, 47

Big Brother
, 34, 63, 64–66, 65, 68, 183

Blind Date
, 62

Boorstin, D.
, 12–14

Boris Johnson
, 199

Bourdieu, P.
, 157, 196

Bowers, G.B.
, 177, 181

Boyd, D.
, 52, 53, 56, 67, 85, 90, 91, 94, 120

Braudy, L.
, 4, 13

Brecht, B.
, 23

Britney Spears
, 82

Burgess, J.
, 124, 174

Burgin, V.
, 71

Butler, J.G.
, 15
Camgirls
, 35, 69–71, 72, 135

Candid Camera
, 62, 63, 118

Caruso, A.
, 115

Celebrification
, 6, 193

Celebritisation
, 6, 12

Celebrity (see also Micro-celebrity; Star studies)

animals
, 16–17, 185

definitions of
, 3, 5–10, 11–12, 19, 205

the ‘demotic turn’ in
, 59, 107, 108, 131, 169

as discursive construction
, 6, 11, 16

disputed by YouTubers
, 120

distinguished from fame
, 5–6, 13, 119–120, 183, 204–205

historical perspective on
, 5, 13, 14, 34, 97

as industrial phenomenon
, 15, 35

as lived experience
, 7–9, 40

‘localebrity’
, 8, 17, 59

material/discursive approach to
, 10–11, 19

as media phenomenon
, 3, 6, 9, 13, 16, 17, 21, 22, 24, 33–34, 35, 36

as moral category
, 12–14, 184

as practice
, 73, 75, 121

versus ‘“stardom”’
, 11–12, 14–15, 16, 34

Celebrity Attitude Scale (CAS), see Celebrity worship

Celebrity Big Brother
, 66, 68

Celebrity capital
, 196

Celebrity Masterchef
, 69

Celebrity studies
, 4, 21, 22, 33, 40, 42, 51, 192, 195

Celebrity worship
, 48–50, 78

Celetoids
, 62, 107, 183–184

Charles Van Doren
, 61, 66

Chawansky, M.
, 169

Click, M.A.
, 93

Cocker, H.L.
, 117, 138

Colapinto, C.
, 84, 94

Collings, B.
, 166

Conversation analysis

broadcast talk
, 140–141

‘doing being ordinary’
, 141

fresh talk
, 145

Corbett, J.
, 199

Costall, A.
, 34

Couldry, N.
, 9, 10, 21, 23, 45, 60, 63, 65, 68, 90

Cronin, J.
, 117, 138

Cyberpsychology
, 26
Dancing With The Stars
, 69

Dare-Edwards, H.
, 85

Dawkins, R.
, 82, 175, 176, 177

Demotic turn, see Celebrity

Digital culture

definition of
, 18

‘digital celebrity’
, 59–60

‘digital dualism’
, 159

the ‘digital era’
, 17–19

‘digital media’
, 4, 18, 40

digital media entrepreneurs
, 157

and politics
, 195

Web 2.0
, 18

Discursive psychology

material/discursive approach to celebrity
, 10–11

and rhetoric 143–144

stake inoculation
, 143, 148, 178

Docusoaps
, 63, 64

Donald Trump
, 10, 11, 84, 189, 194, 197, 199

Driessens, O.
, 5, 6, 11, 36, 184, 193, 196, 200

Duffett, M.
, 42, 47

Duguay, S.
, 164, 169

Dyer, R.
, 4, 14, 15, 40, 95, 122, 123, 133, 199
Edwards, D.
, 143

Edwards, L.
, 155

Ellis, J.
, 8, 9

Ellison, N.B.
, 190

Engesser, S.
, 198
Facebook
, 2, 18, 20, 28, 33, 78, 82, 148

Falk, E.B.
, 190

Fame, see Celebrity

Fan studies
, 40, 41, 42, 45–48, 79, 161

Fandom
, 42, 46–48, 49, 50, 71, 78, 88, 102–103, 124

Fashion blogging
, 157–159, 160, 166, 170–173

Ferris, K.O.
, 7, 8

Flinders, M.
, 199

Foucault, M.
, 46, 134

Fuchs, C.
, 23
Gamson, J.
, 4, 6

García-Rapp, F.
, 122, 127, 141

Gary Brolsma (The Numa Numa Guy)
, 180–181

Genz, S.
, 137

Geordie Shore
, 67

George W. Bush
, 11

Geraghty, C.
, 7, 9, 12, 17

Gergen, K.
, 194

Ghyslain Raza (Québec schoolboy)
, 181–182

Gibson, J.J.
, 24, 30, 32, 33

Gijón, M.M.
, 103

Giles, D.C.
, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 16, 42, 43–44, 45, 53, 54, 55, 59, 62, 78–80, 100–104, 135, 180, 183, 185, 205

Goffman, E.
, 94, 141, 166

Goldhoorn, C.
, 43

GOMI (Get Off My Internets) community
, 167–168

Google
, 70, 73

Green, J.
, 124

Grint, K.
, 31
Habermas, J.
, 201

Hall, A.
, 191

Hall, S.
, 21

Handyside, S.
, 190

Harré, R.
, 194

Harrington, C.L.
, 47

Hartmann, T.
, 43

Haul videos, see YouTube formats

Haynes, J.
, 100

Henderson, N.
, 194, 195, 198, 201

Herb Stempel
, 61

High Fidelity
, 80

Hilary Clinton
, 194

Hills, M.
, 8, 45, 46, 47, 48, 52, 53, 54, 93

Holladay, H.W.
, 93

Holmes, S.
, 59

Horton, D.
, 41, 42, 44, 53

Houran, J.
, 50

Hughes, E.
, 52, 54, 89, 94

Hutchby, I.
, 31
Influencers
, 155–159

Instagram

advertorials
, 157, 158, 165

affordances of, see Affordances

and authenticity, see Authenticity

as conservative or empowering
, 169–170

and influencers
, 156–160

Instafame
, 36, 162, 163, 165, 171–172, 173

Instapoets
, 165

and selfies
, 36, 156, 157, 158, 163–165, 166

Internet
, 26, 27, 35, 175

Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
, 32, 70
Jade Goody
, 7, 59, 65, 66, 68, 107

Jenkins, H.
, 77

JenniCam (Jennifer Ringley)
, 69, 70–71

Jenson, J.
, 42

Jermyn, D.
, 14, 15, 63

Jersey Shore
, 64

Jerslev, A.
, 74, 121, 134, 135

Jimroglou, K.M.
, 71

Jones, O.
, 65

Justin Kam (Justin.tv)
, 70
Kavka, M.
, 63, 64, 116

Keeping Up With The Kardashians
, 64

Kehrberg, A.K.
, 87, 88, 90

Kevin Rose
, 73

Kim, J.Y.
, 177

K-pop
, 119, 177
Lange, R.
, 50

Langer, J.
, 34

Lawson, K.
, 51, 88, 91

Lee, H.
, 93

Leonardi, P.M.
, 30

Levy, M.R.
, 41

Lifestyle television, see Television

Loader, B.D.
, 199

Localebrity, see Celebrity

Lonelygirl15, see YouTubers

Love Island
, 72

Lovelock, M.
, 119, 124, 128

Luckhurst, M.
, 5, 6
Ma, H.
, 191

Macrae, S.
, 161

Madame Tussauds
, 121, 132, 204

Made in Chelsea (UK)
, 64, 67, 72

Maguire, E.
, 112

Makeover television, see Television

Maloney, M.
, 115

Maltby, J.
, 49, 50

Manning, N.
, 199, 200, 201

Marshall, L.
, 100

Marshall, P.D.
, 4, 6, 14, 34, 40, 78, 84, 95, 185, 189, 192–195, 200, 201

Marwick, A.E.
, 4, 8, 36, 52, 53, 56, 67, 72–74, 85, 90, 91, 94, 117, 120, 121, 157, 161–163, 166, 169

Maslow, A.H.
, 30

Mavroudis, J.
, 161, 163, 166

McCutcheon, L.E.
, 50

McLuhan, M.
, 21, 22, 24–28, 31–33, 194

McRae, S.
, 161, 166, 167, 168

McRoberts, S.
, 191

Media,

definition of
, 17, 27–29, 32–33

functionalist thinking about
, 24, 25–27, 29, 88

‘legacy media’
, 194

McLuhan’s theory of
, 22, 24–25, 26, 27, 32, 194

‘polymedia’
, 20, 23

social media as
, 30, 33, 34, 109, 164

Memes
, 175–178

Meme celebrities

appeal of
, 184–185

‘Bus Uncle,’ 178–179

as celetoids
, 183–184

defined
, 176

Fenton (Dog)
, 179

Gary Brolsma
, 180–181

Ghyslain Raza
, 181–182

Laina Morris
, 182–183

Meso-celebrity, see Micro-celebrity

Microblogging
, 28, 29

Micro-celebrity

book bloggers as
, 102, 104, 160

meso-celebrity
, 75, 160–163

as ‘mindset’
, 74, 121

origins of
, 69–71, 204

as ‘persona’
, 193

as practice
, 36, 56, 59, 74, 75, 162–163, 176, 189

and reality TV
, 67

‘self-branding’ techniques
, 122, 123, 137, 163

as social media phenomenon
, 74, 161, 162, 181

in relation to Tech entrepreneurs
, 72–74, 82

versus traditional celebrity
, 34, 74–75, 121, 122, 172, 181

in relation to Webcam girls
, 35, 60, 69–72

in relation to YouTubers
, 119, 121–122

Miller, D.
, 22, 23

Milne, E.
, 161, 163, 166

Mole, T.
, 13

Molyneaux, M.
, 197

Monaco, J.
, 4

Moody, J.
, 5, 6

Morris, M.
, 27

Morrissey
, 78–80

Moseley, R.
, 131

Multisocial interaction
, 52, 53, 54, 93

MySpace
, 72, 73, 78, 82
Newman, J.
, 112, 115, 123, 129, 134

Norman, D.A.
, 30
Ogan, C.
, 27

Olczyk, T.
, 197, 199

Oprah Winfrey
, 81, 160

Ordinariness, see Authenticity

Osborne, T.
, 197

The Osbournes
, 64
Parasocial interaction (also see Multisocial interaction)

discursive approach
, 54–56

in digital culture
, 51–54

versus fandom
, 42, 46–48

history of
, 41–45

measurement of
, 41, 43

versus parasocial relationships
, 41–42, 43, 48

as ‘pathologising’
, 42–43, 53, 54, 94

as unhealthy
, 42, 45

in YouTube
, 134, 140

Park, H.W.
, 177

Park, J.Y.
, 177

Pedroni, M.
, 75, 157, 160–162

Penfold-Mounce, R.
, 199

Perse, E.M.
, 41

Persona studies
, 189, 192–194, 195

Peterson, K.M.
, 128

Petley, J.
, 27

Politics
, 195–201

Powell, R.A.
, 41

Psychoanalytic theory
, 46, 53, 133, 139, 193
Radio
, 9, 18, 23, 41, 43, 55, 60, 88, 96, 116, 125, 134, 140–141, 191

Reality TV, see Television

The Real World
, 63

Richard Dawkins
, 175

Rich Kids of Beverley Hills
, 67

Ringrose, J.
, 190

Roberts, S.
, 115

Roca-Cuberes, C.
, 141

Rockwell, D.
, 8

Rojek, C.
, 1, 4, 9, 17, 42, 44, 45, 48, 52, 55, 62, 67, 73, 107, 183, 184

Rubin, A.M.
, 41, 42, 49

Ruddock, A.
, 200
Sacks, H.
, 141

Sandvoss, C.
, 46

Saul, H.
, 169

Scannell, P.
, 131, 136

Schickel, R.
, 11, 21

Schimmel, K.S.
, 47

Schoenebeck, S.
, 190

Self-branding
, 36, 122, 123, 137, 158, 163, 192

Selfies (see also Instagram)
, 36, 102, 156, 157, 158, 163–164, 166, 184, 191

Senft, T.
, 8, 35, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 121, 135, 161, 162, 204

Shifman, L.
, 177

Shor, E.
, 5

Sincerity (see also Authenticity)
, 133, 168–169

Skiena, S.
, 5

Smith, D.
, 138

Smith, D.R.
, 120, 126

Snapchat
, 3, 59, 164, 173, 189, 190–192

Social media, see Media

Stake inoculation
, 143, 148

Stars and star studies
, 4, 14–15

Star Trek
, 47, 51

Star Wars
, 182

Stealth marketing
, 155

Steiner, A.
, 103

Stevenson, N.
, 22, 46, 47

Stever, G.S.
, 42, 50–52, 54, 88, 89, 91, 94

Stokoe, E.
, 143

Stommel, W.
, 32

Street, J.
, 12

Strictly Come Dancing
, 69

Subliminal advertising
, 155

Survivor
, 63
Technological determinism
, 22–23, 31, 33, 35, 59, 86

Television

chat
, 136

lifestyle television
, 60, 62, 116, 117, 118, 135, 136

‘liveness’ in
, 63, 135–137

makeover television
, 61, 62, 116, 118, 135

as medium
, 28, 32

personalities
, 7, 9, 15, 16, 34, 40, 60, 133

‘post-television,’ 109

reality television
, 63–69, 72, 131

stardom
, 9, 14, 34, 122

televisual skill
, 15, 123, 133

television studies
, 4, 14

compared to YouTube
, 109, 125

Te Molder, H.
, 32

Thomas, S.
, 80–81, 87, 90, 93

Tila Tequila
, 72

Tolson, A.
, 9, 21, 109, 131, 133, 139

Travel bloggers
, 158, 159, 161, 167–168, 184–185, 204, 205

Treem, J.W.
, 30

Trilling, L.
, 133, 168

Turner, G.
, 4, 6, 12, 16, 46, 59, 63, 81, 86, 131, 169, 183

Twitter

celebrities on
, 4, 81–86, 92–95, 97–100, 104, 164, 166

celebrity-audience interaction on
, 51, 52, 53, 54–55, 80, 86–92, 97, 98, 140

and fans/followers
, 56, 82, 86–88, 102–104, 126

as medium
, 3, 28, 29, 30, 78, 104

politics by
, 84, 201

refuseniks
, 83

‘social media natives’
, 95–96, 101–102

tech entrepreneurs and
, 73–74, 82

verified accounts
, 85–86

zero entry point of
, 37
Usher, B.
, 90, 91, 94

Ussher, J.
, 11
Valente, T.W.
, 28

Van de Rijt, A.
, 5

Van Syckle, K.
, 167

Van Zoonen, L.
, 200

Vernacular skill
, 123, 132, 144

Video game commentary
, 146

Viral video
, 177

Vloggers, see YouTube

Vocational skill
, 123

Vromen, A.
, 199
Walker, A.
, 14

Ward, C.
, 5

Wasilewski, J.
, 197, 199

Webcam girls, see Camgirls

Wiggins, B.E.
, 177, 181

Williams, R.
, 8, 17, 21

Winnicott, D.W.
, 133

Wohl, R.R.
, 41, 42, 44, 53

Wood, H.
, 66, 67

Wood, M.
, 199

Woolgar, S.
, 31
Xenos, M.
, 199

Xu, W.W.
, 177
Yardley, L.
, 11

Yarosh, S.
, 191

YouTube

affordances of, see Affordances

audience
, 126–128, 139

authenticity in, see Authenticity

celebrity
, 36, 59, 108, 109, 114–123, 131, 137, 169

as ‘democratic,’ 128–129

as medium
, 3, 16, 22, 26, 36, 88, 109, 136

YouTube genres

beauty genre
, 111, 112, 113, 115–117, 127, 138, 148, 156

gaming genre
, 112, 114–115, 128–129, 148

lifestyle genre
, 117, 128

parody
, 117–118

YouTube formats

challenge
, 119

haul videos
, 116, 118, 138, 155

‘Let’s Play’ videos
, 112, 115, 119, 134, 147, 149

‘Mash-up’ videos
, 179

pranks
, 118

reaction
, 112, 118–119, 135

tutorials
, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 118, 122, 124, 136, 144

vlogs
, 111, 112, 128, 132, 133, 134, 136, 145

YouTubers

Charlie McDonnell
, 127, 128

Fine Brothers
, 118, 119

first generation of
, 110–111, 115, 117, 121, 124, 128, 139, 176

FleurDeForce
, 138

Jenna Marbles
, 112–113, 128

Lonelygirl15 (Jessica Lee Rose)
, 111, 138–139, 141

Laina Morris
, 182–183

MirandaSings
, 121

Peter Oakley
, 109–110, 111, 127

PewDiePie
, 3, 36, 107, 108, 112, 114, 131, 134, 140, 145–152, 204, 205

second generation of
, 111–114, 121, 123, 137

Tay Zonday 110
, 127

Tyler Oakley
, 117

Zoella
, 6, 108, 113, 121, 125, 132, 134, 135, 156, 204, 205
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