David C Giles
Biographic Data
| ID | 157644 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David C Giles |
| GIVEN NAMES | David C |
| FAMILY NAME | Giles |
| SIGNATURE | GILES D C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Winchester, Winchester, United Kingdom, |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Understanding Media Psychology
Understanding Media Psychology is the perfect introductory textbook to the growing field of media psychology and its importance in society, summarizing key concepts and theories to provide an overview of topics in the field.Media is present in almost every area of life today, and is an area of study that will only increase in importance as the world becomes ever more interconnected. Written by a team of expert authors, this book will help readers…
Twenty-First Century Celebrity: Fame in Digital Culture
Twenty-First Century Celebrity: Fame in Digital Culture
Instagram and the Rise of the Social Media ‘Influencer’
The Popularity and Appeal of YouTubers: ‘Authenticity’ and ‘Ordinariness’
Stay in Your Own Part of the Bookshop! Legitimation in the Literary Field and the Limited Exchange Value of Celebrity Capital
This paper explores the phenomenon of boundary crossing between cultural fields and the role that different kinds of capital play in determining whether or not the crossing is a successful one. The fields in question here are those of entertainment (specifically, stand-up comedy) and literature, and the particular boundary crossing is represented by the figure of Ben Elton, a British comedian who has published 15 novels since 1989, with mixed cri…
How do fan and celebrity identities become established on Twitter? A study of 'social media natives' and their followers
This study explores the changing relationship in the digital era between celebrities and fans by examining a group of emerging celebrities and their followers on Twitter. Seven crime authors were chosen as a case sample, each of which published their first work after 2010 and might therefore be regarded as ‘social media natives’. The authors’ followers were categorised according to their self-descriptions into various professional and non-profess…
Field migration, cultural mobility and celebrity: The case of Paul McCartney
This paper discusses the phenomenon of celebrity migration, whereby figures established in one cultural field attempt to cross over into a neighbouring field, a long-standing practice in the arts more generally, but one which is fraught with risk for the individual. I illustrate this with a case study of the popular musician Paul McCartney, who has spent the last two decades attempting to take up residence in the field of classical music, with co…
DSM-V is taking away our identity: The reaction of the online community to the proposed changes in the diagnosis of Asperger's disorder
This article considers the fate of Asperger's disorder in the light of proposals for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.) to collapse Asperger's disorder along with other pervasive developmental disorders into a general spectrum of autism. It is argued that a powerful lay and scientific culture has evolved around the concept of Asperger's disorder, which has found a particularly compelling voice over the last decade…
Animal celebrities
Academic study of celebrity has hitherto been mostly based on the assumption that celebrities are human, and even semiotic theories of celebrity have been built around the notion that a ‘real person’ exists at its centre. In this paper I problematise this notion by discussing the case of animal celebrities, who lack many of the characteristics associated with celebrity and yet are discursively constituted as such by media and their audiences. I p…
Self- and Other-Diagnosis in User-Led Mental Health Online Communities
This article consists of a qualitative analysis of discussion forums in online mental health communities whose members routinely write about diagnosis. The analysis concerns the function of diagnosis from the perspective of personal identity, with particular focus on the status of official diagnosis, as well as community members' discussions of symptoms and psychiatric syndromes that amount to informal diagnosis or consultation. Self-diagnosis so…
‘Crack down on the celebrity junkies’: Does media coverage of celebrity drug use pose a risk to young people
This study analysed news media content to examine the role played by celebrity drug use in young people's perceptions of drug use. We know that young people have access to discourses of drug use through music and other media which may emphasise short term gains (of pleasure or sexual success) over longer term health and social problems. This study goes beyond a simple modelling approach by using Media Framing Analysis (MFA) to take an in-depth lo…
The psychological meaning of personal record collections and the impact of changing technological forms
The role of media figures in adolescent development: Relations between autonomy, attachment, and interest in celebrities
Narratives of Obesity as Presented in the Context of a Television Talk Show
Media representations of health and illness have come under scrutiny for their ability to mislead and misinform the public about health issues. However, the media also provide a public forum in which talk about health and illness may be circulated in a more positive fashion. This article consists of a narrative analysis of an episode of the BBC talk show Kilroy, in which the topic of obesity is discussed by the show's host and a group of lay gues…
Parasocial Interaction: A Review of the Literature and a Model for Future Research
This paper considers the phenomenon of parasocial interaction (PSI) used by media researchers to describe the relationship between media users and media figures (from celebrities to fictional characters). Although the concept has been used consistently across the past two decades in media research, it is argued here that it has not been sufficiently developed at a theoretical level to be taken up by psychologists. A number of key issues have not …
Self- and Other-Diagnosis in User-Led Mental Health Online Communities
This article consists of a qualitative analysis of discussion forums in online mental health communities whose members routinely write about diagnosis. The analysis concerns the function of diagnosis from the perspective of personal identity, with particular focus on the status of official diagnosis, as well as community members' discussions of symptoms and psychiatric syndromes that amount to informal diagnosis or consultation. Self-diagnosis so…
Animal celebrities
Academic study of celebrity has hitherto been mostly based on the assumption that celebrities are human, and even semiotic theories of celebrity have been built around the notion that a ‘real person’ exists at its centre. In this paper I problematise this notion by discussing the case of animal celebrities, who lack many of the characteristics associated with celebrity and yet are discursively constituted as such by media and their audiences. I p…
Field migration, cultural mobility and celebrity: The case of Paul McCartney
This paper discusses the phenomenon of celebrity migration, whereby figures established in one cultural field attempt to cross over into a neighbouring field, a long-standing practice in the arts more generally, but one which is fraught with risk for the individual. I illustrate this with a case study of the popular musician Paul McCartney, who has spent the last two decades attempting to take up residence in the field of classical music, with co…
Narratives of Obesity as Presented in the Context of a Television Talk Show
Media representations of health and illness have come under scrutiny for their ability to mislead and misinform the public about health issues. However, the media also provide a public forum in which talk about health and illness may be circulated in a more positive fashion. This article consists of a narrative analysis of an episode of the BBC talk show Kilroy, in which the topic of obesity is discussed by the show's host and a group of lay gues…
How do fan and celebrity identities become established on Twitter? A study of 'social media natives' and their followers
This study explores the changing relationship in the digital era between celebrities and fans by examining a group of emerging celebrities and their followers on Twitter. Seven crime authors were chosen as a case sample, each of which published their first work after 2010 and might therefore be regarded as ‘social media natives’. The authors’ followers were categorised according to their self-descriptions into various professional and non-profess…
DSM-V is taking away our identity: The reaction of the online community to the proposed changes in the diagnosis of Asperger's disorder
This article considers the fate of Asperger's disorder in the light of proposals for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.) to collapse Asperger's disorder along with other pervasive developmental disorders into a general spectrum of autism. It is argued that a powerful lay and scientific culture has evolved around the concept of Asperger's disorder, which has found a particularly compelling voice over the last decade…
The psychological meaning of personal record collections and the impact of changing technological forms
Parasocial Interaction: A Review of the Literature and a Model for Future Research
This paper considers the phenomenon of parasocial interaction (PSI) used by media researchers to describe the relationship between media users and media figures (from celebrities to fictional characters). Although the concept has been used consistently across the past two decades in media research, it is argued here that it has not been sufficiently developed at a theoretical level to be taken up by psychologists. A number of key issues have not …
Narratives of Obesity as Presented in the Context of a Television Talk Show
Media representations of health and illness have come under scrutiny for their ability to mislead and misinform the public about health issues. However, the media also provide a public forum in which talk about health and illness may be circulated in a more positive fashion. This article consists of a narrative analysis of an episode of the BBC talk show Kilroy, in which the topic of obesity is discussed by the show's host and a group of lay gues…
The role of media figures in adolescent development: Relations between autonomy, attachment, and interest in celebrities
The psychological meaning of personal record collections and the impact of changing technological forms
‘Crack down on the celebrity junkies’: Does media coverage of celebrity drug use pose a risk to young people
This study analysed news media content to examine the role played by celebrity drug use in young people's perceptions of drug use. We know that young people have access to discourses of drug use through music and other media which may emphasise short term gains (of pleasure or sexual success) over longer term health and social problems. This study goes beyond a simple modelling approach by using Media Framing Analysis (MFA) to take an in-depth lo…
Self- and Other-Diagnosis in User-Led Mental Health Online Communities
This article consists of a qualitative analysis of discussion forums in online mental health communities whose members routinely write about diagnosis. The analysis concerns the function of diagnosis from the perspective of personal identity, with particular focus on the status of official diagnosis, as well as community members' discussions of symptoms and psychiatric syndromes that amount to informal diagnosis or consultation. Self-diagnosis so…
Animal celebrities
Academic study of celebrity has hitherto been mostly based on the assumption that celebrities are human, and even semiotic theories of celebrity have been built around the notion that a ‘real person’ exists at its centre. In this paper I problematise this notion by discussing the case of animal celebrities, who lack many of the characteristics associated with celebrity and yet are discursively constituted as such by media and their audiences. I p…
DSM-V is taking away our identity: The reaction of the online community to the proposed changes in the diagnosis of Asperger's disorder
This article considers the fate of Asperger's disorder in the light of proposals for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.) to collapse Asperger's disorder along with other pervasive developmental disorders into a general spectrum of autism. It is argued that a powerful lay and scientific culture has evolved around the concept of Asperger's disorder, which has found a particularly compelling voice over the last decade…
Field migration, cultural mobility and celebrity: The case of Paul McCartney
This paper discusses the phenomenon of celebrity migration, whereby figures established in one cultural field attempt to cross over into a neighbouring field, a long-standing practice in the arts more generally, but one which is fraught with risk for the individual. I illustrate this with a case study of the popular musician Paul McCartney, who has spent the last two decades attempting to take up residence in the field of classical music, with co…
How do fan and celebrity identities become established on Twitter? A study of 'social media natives' and their followers
This study explores the changing relationship in the digital era between celebrities and fans by examining a group of emerging celebrities and their followers on Twitter. Seven crime authors were chosen as a case sample, each of which published their first work after 2010 and might therefore be regarded as ‘social media natives’. The authors’ followers were categorised according to their self-descriptions into various professional and non-profess…
Twenty-First Century Celebrity: Fame in Digital Culture
Twenty-First Century Celebrity: Fame in Digital Culture
Instagram and the Rise of the Social Media ‘Influencer’
The Popularity and Appeal of YouTubers: ‘Authenticity’ and ‘Ordinariness’
Stay in Your Own Part of the Bookshop! Legitimation in the Literary Field and the Limited Exchange Value of Celebrity Capital
This paper explores the phenomenon of boundary crossing between cultural fields and the role that different kinds of capital play in determining whether or not the crossing is a successful one. The fields in question here are those of entertainment (specifically, stand-up comedy) and literature, and the particular boundary crossing is represented by the figure of Ben Elton, a British comedian who has published 15 novels since 1989, with mixed cri…
Understanding Media Psychology
Understanding Media Psychology is the perfect introductory textbook to the growing field of media psychology and its importance in society, summarizing key concepts and theories to provide an overview of topics in the field.Media is present in almost every area of life today, and is an area of study that will only increase in importance as the world becomes ever more interconnected. Written by a team of expert authors, this book will help readers…
Sociology (12 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Political science (7 works) · Art (6 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (6 works) · Media Influence and Health (6 works) · Media, Gender, and Advertising (6 works) · Media studies (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Advertising (4 works)