Celia Lam
Biographic Data
| ID | 3674195 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Celia Lam |
| GIVEN NAMES | Celia |
| FAMILY NAME | Lam |
| SIGNATURE | LAM C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham Ningbo China |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8985-7793 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
New perspective on UGC, PGC, and OGC
This paper locates audience engagement in the act of content creation and considers the levels of engagement that content creation could engender. It explicates the different types of content creators defined in the literature and examines motivating factors for the production of content in a Chinese context. It argues that while some content creators seek to draw attention to the series they support, in other cases the engagement with the intern…
Building culturally sustainable communities. Community museums and transmedia storytelling
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) identify heritage practice as a means to develop culturally sustainable communities. Cultural sustainability enables the continuity of cultural identities and facilitates social inclusion. It is, therefore, of great importance for communities. Museums, as institutions that carry material and immaterial traces of history, serve as important conduits in the communication and preservation of culture.This paper…
Special issue on Chinese fandoms
Editorial for "Chinese Fandoms," edited by Zhen Troy Chen and Celia Lam, special issue, Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 41 (December 15, 2023)
Introduction
This special issue addresses notions of fakery in our contemporary media environment, from fake news to the deepfake. While all media contains elements of creative fabrication, we define ‘media fakery’ as an attempt to conceal the origins of information that must contain a degree of human intentionality to be considered ‘fake’. Fakery is no longer limited to news media or any particular mode of communication; as tools for manipulating digital con…
Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock
Media interest in the relationship between Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock has been consistent since their first collaboration in 1994. Despite only appearing in two films together, and while their characters vary from Speed (1994) to The Lake House (2006), their romantic on-screen pairings have resulted in media desire for a mirrored off-screen relationship. In 2018 and 2019, both actors revealed on Ellen that they had crushes on one another, fe…
Transmedia in Asia and the Pacific
This book examines transmedia practices in the Asia and Pacific region, a form of storytelling where multiple platforms are used to tell a common story. The volume offers a key insight into the Transmedia phenomenon and the inclusiveness of media and communication curricula.
True bromance
For public figures with high-profile roles, media interest in professional pursuits is a regular occurrence. When media attention turns from the public role to the private lives of public figures, suggests Graeme Turner, is the moment when a public figure becomes a celebrity. Specially, Richard Dyer suggests, interest in the private lives of celebrities is grounded in the notion that in the private resides the authentic person behind the ‘manufac…
Disassembling the Celebrity Figure
International TV series distribution on Chinese digital platforms
The relationship between online media platforms in China and fan groups is a dynamic one when it comes to the distribution of international TV series and other media content, as media platforms incorporate user-generated content to encourage or foster audience engagement. Through a series of case studies, this article investigates how international TV series are acquired, distributed, marketed and curated on Chinese online video platforms. This h…
Representing (real) Australia
Since 2014, Australia has had a presence on the Eurovision stage, first as guest performer, then as wild-card entrant and most recently as official competitor. The first three representatives, Jess
Grant'ing a voice
Stan Grant is an Indigenous Australian broadcaster, journalist, media celebrity and Wiradjuri1 man who has recently garnered media attention because of two speeches on the issue of Indigenous right
X-Men bromance
Richard Dyer’s influential texts Stars and Heavenly Bodies posited the notion of celebrities, in his case film stars, as symbolically significant entities in the expression of cultural values and discourse. Contemporary celebrity culture and the rise of social media have seen a decline in the type of symbolically significant film stars first examined by Dyer, yet the notion of social substantiality still holds true. With varying levels of success…
The function of hosts
Celebrity seminars are a common fixture of contemporary popular culture conventions, sought after for their ability to offer close contact with celebrity figures and organized to facilitate in person fan-celebrity encounters. Following a well-established formula, the seminars constitute ‘pre-staged encounters’; managed events enabling fan-celebrity interaction within controlled situations. Celebrities offer anecdotes and answers to selected fan q…
The Impact of Distance on International Tourist Movements
This article examines the impact of distance on global tourist flows through an analysis of departing visitor share from 41 major source markets to 146 destinations. The study concludes that 80% of all international travel occurs to countries within 1,000 kilometers of the source market and that, with few exceptions, distant destinations have great difficulty attracting more than a 1% or 2% share of departures. However, high volatility in share w…
X-Men bromance
Richard Dyer’s influential texts Stars and Heavenly Bodies posited the notion of celebrities, in his case film stars, as symbolically significant entities in the expression of cultural values and discourse. Contemporary celebrity culture and the rise of social media have seen a decline in the type of symbolically significant film stars first examined by Dyer, yet the notion of social substantiality still holds true. With varying levels of success…
True bromance
For public figures with high-profile roles, media interest in professional pursuits is a regular occurrence. When media attention turns from the public role to the private lives of public figures, suggests Graeme Turner, is the moment when a public figure becomes a celebrity. Specially, Richard Dyer suggests, interest in the private lives of celebrities is grounded in the notion that in the private resides the authentic person behind the ‘manufac…
Building culturally sustainable communities. Community museums and transmedia storytelling
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) identify heritage practice as a means to develop culturally sustainable communities. Cultural sustainability enables the continuity of cultural identities and facilitates social inclusion. It is, therefore, of great importance for communities. Museums, as institutions that carry material and immaterial traces of history, serve as important conduits in the communication and preservation of culture.This paper…
Introduction
This special issue addresses notions of fakery in our contemporary media environment, from fake news to the deepfake. While all media contains elements of creative fabrication, we define ‘media fakery’ as an attempt to conceal the origins of information that must contain a degree of human intentionality to be considered ‘fake’. Fakery is no longer limited to news media or any particular mode of communication; as tools for manipulating digital con…
The function of hosts
Celebrity seminars are a common fixture of contemporary popular culture conventions, sought after for their ability to offer close contact with celebrity figures and organized to facilitate in person fan-celebrity encounters. Following a well-established formula, the seminars constitute ‘pre-staged encounters’; managed events enabling fan-celebrity interaction within controlled situations. Celebrities offer anecdotes and answers to selected fan q…
The Impact of Distance on International Tourist Movements
This article examines the impact of distance on global tourist flows through an analysis of departing visitor share from 41 major source markets to 146 destinations. The study concludes that 80% of all international travel occurs to countries within 1,000 kilometers of the source market and that, with few exceptions, distant destinations have great difficulty attracting more than a 1% or 2% share of departures. However, high volatility in share w…
The function of hosts
Celebrity seminars are a common fixture of contemporary popular culture conventions, sought after for their ability to offer close contact with celebrity figures and organized to facilitate in person fan-celebrity encounters. Following a well-established formula, the seminars constitute ‘pre-staged encounters’; managed events enabling fan-celebrity interaction within controlled situations. Celebrities offer anecdotes and answers to selected fan q…
Disassembling the Celebrity Figure
International TV series distribution on Chinese digital platforms
The relationship between online media platforms in China and fan groups is a dynamic one when it comes to the distribution of international TV series and other media content, as media platforms incorporate user-generated content to encourage or foster audience engagement. Through a series of case studies, this article investigates how international TV series are acquired, distributed, marketed and curated on Chinese online video platforms. This h…
Representing (real) Australia
Since 2014, Australia has had a presence on the Eurovision stage, first as guest performer, then as wild-card entrant and most recently as official competitor. The first three representatives, Jess
Grant'ing a voice
Stan Grant is an Indigenous Australian broadcaster, journalist, media celebrity and Wiradjuri1 man who has recently garnered media attention because of two speeches on the issue of Indigenous right
X-Men bromance
Richard Dyer’s influential texts Stars and Heavenly Bodies posited the notion of celebrities, in his case film stars, as symbolically significant entities in the expression of cultural values and discourse. Contemporary celebrity culture and the rise of social media have seen a decline in the type of symbolically significant film stars first examined by Dyer, yet the notion of social substantiality still holds true. With varying levels of success…
True bromance
For public figures with high-profile roles, media interest in professional pursuits is a regular occurrence. When media attention turns from the public role to the private lives of public figures, suggests Graeme Turner, is the moment when a public figure becomes a celebrity. Specially, Richard Dyer suggests, interest in the private lives of celebrities is grounded in the notion that in the private resides the authentic person behind the ‘manufac…
Transmedia in Asia and the Pacific
This book examines transmedia practices in the Asia and Pacific region, a form of storytelling where multiple platforms are used to tell a common story. The volume offers a key insight into the Transmedia phenomenon and the inclusiveness of media and communication curricula.
Introduction
This special issue addresses notions of fakery in our contemporary media environment, from fake news to the deepfake. While all media contains elements of creative fabrication, we define ‘media fakery’ as an attempt to conceal the origins of information that must contain a degree of human intentionality to be considered ‘fake’. Fakery is no longer limited to news media or any particular mode of communication; as tools for manipulating digital con…
Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock
Media interest in the relationship between Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock has been consistent since their first collaboration in 1994. Despite only appearing in two films together, and while their characters vary from Speed (1994) to The Lake House (2006), their romantic on-screen pairings have resulted in media desire for a mirrored off-screen relationship. In 2018 and 2019, both actors revealed on Ellen that they had crushes on one another, fe…
Special issue on Chinese fandoms
Editorial for "Chinese Fandoms," edited by Zhen Troy Chen and Celia Lam, special issue, Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 41 (December 15, 2023)
New perspective on UGC, PGC, and OGC
This paper locates audience engagement in the act of content creation and considers the levels of engagement that content creation could engender. It explicates the different types of content creators defined in the literature and examines motivating factors for the production of content in a Chinese context. It argues that while some content creators seek to draw attention to the series they support, in other cases the engagement with the intern…
Building culturally sustainable communities. Community museums and transmedia storytelling
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) identify heritage practice as a means to develop culturally sustainable communities. Cultural sustainability enables the continuity of cultural identities and facilitates social inclusion. It is, therefore, of great importance for communities. Museums, as institutions that carry material and immaterial traces of history, serve as important conduits in the communication and preservation of culture.This paper…
Sociology (10 works) · Art (8 works) · Media studies (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Advertising (7 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (4 works) · Business (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Geography (4 works)