The 'place' of television in celebrity studies

Bibliographic Data

ID5675005
AuthorsJames Bennett (0000-0002-7233-6203, London Metropolitan University, corresponding author), Su Holme, Su Holmes (University of East Anglia, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume1
Issue1
Pages65-80
Publication date2010-03-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCelebrity Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1939-2397 • E-ISSN: 1939-2400
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19392390903519073
OpenAlexW2109604940
LanguageEN
Citations received34
References cited22

Despite its centrality in the production, circulation and consumption of contemporary celebrity culture, the detailed study of television fame has occupied a relatively marginal place in star/celebrity studies. Early work on television fame originated from film studies, or was generally defined ‘against’ the concept of film stardom. This meant that it was often characterised negatively: the apparent specificities or qualities of TV fame were defined in pejorative terms, and it was imagined in terms of what it was not (‘film’ stardom proper). The subsequent expansion of celebrity studies has arguably placed less emphasis on the specificity of media forms and boundaries – in part reflecting the fluid and pervasive circulation of contemporary media fame. We suggest here that this has created a conceptual context in which the real complexities of TV fame have fallen between the analytical cracks. This article thus seeks to explore the ways in which television fame has been positioned within star/celebrity studies, while also examining how a range of historical and contemporary studies can illuminate the possibilities and challenges for the future study of TV fame

Advertising · Aesthetics · Art · Media consumption · Media studies · Movie theater · Pejorative · Political science · Popular culture · Sociology · Television studies · Visual arts · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · Media Studies and Communication · Music History and Culture

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