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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.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785770303321

Titolo

The electrified mind [[electronic resource] ] : development, psychopathology, and treatment in the era of cell phones and the internet / / edited by Salman Akhtar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Jason Aronson, c2011

ISBN

1-283-59998-8

9786613912435

0-7657-0806-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Collana

Margaret S. Mahler series

Altri autori (Persone)

AkhtarSalman <1946 July 31->

Disciplina

616.8914

Soggetti

Communication - Psychological aspects

Communication - Technological innovations

Cyberspace - Psychological aspects

Internet - Psychological aspects

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: The Cell Phone-Internet Lexicon: Overview and Implications; Chapter 2: Minds on Media: Implications for Young People in the Internet Age; Chapter 3: The Epidemic of Information: Pros and Cons; Chapter 4: Cyberspace, Transitional Space, and Adolescent Development; Chapter 5: Cyberplay: The Pros and Cons of a ""Macrosphere""; Chapter 6: Reality in Cyberspace: Patients' Use of the Internet and Ordinary Everyday Psychosis; Chapter 7: Preoedipal Paradise in the World of the Web

Chapter 8: The Electronic Couch: Some Observations about Skype TreatmentChapter 9: Separation, Sex, Superego, and Skype; Chapter



10: The Multiple Meanings of the Electrified Mind; References; About the Editor and Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Electrified Mind explores the positive and negative aspects of the internet and other communication technologies on the people who use them in order to help mental health care professionals understand, empathize with, and treat patients who rely on technology for socializing and expressing themselves.