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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459309803321

Autore

Bennett James.

Titolo

Television personalities : stardom and the small screen / / James Bennett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-90748-3

1-282-88246-5

9786612882463

0-203-84268-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Disciplina

791.450280922

Soggetti

Television broadcasting - Social aspects - Great Britain

Television personalities - Great Britain

Television broadcasting - Social aspects - United States

Television personalities - United States

Fame

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references ([206]-215) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The television personality system. TV must train its own stars : the invention of the television personality -- An "irreconcilable opposition" : music hall, radio and the emergence of televisual skill -- "Too much glamour"? : glamour, gender and "in-vision" announcers -- "Oooh, I'm an entertainer-- it's what I do" : political economy, performance and pleasure. "You don't know anyone ..."? : the political economy of television fame -- The art of "being yourself" : pleasure, meaning and achievement in performance -- The television personality system revisited : ideology, multiplatform and DIY fame. Just "an ordinary bloke" : national identity and ideology -- Get Internet famous! (even if you're nobody) : multiplatform fame and the television personality system in the digital era -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Television Personalities offers an exciting, engaging approach to studying and understanding the most prominent and popular



performers in television and celebrity culture. It is an original, indispensable guide for undergraduate and postgraduate students of media, television and celebrity studies, as well as those interested in digital culture more widely.