Celebrity and Celetoid

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ID7078321
AuthorsOlivier Driessens (0000-0003-0933-419X, University of Copenhagen, corresponding author)
Year2021
Pages1-3
Publication date2021-04-23
Open AccessYes
TypeOTHER
VenueThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosc013.pub2
OpenAlexW3200368183
ISBN9781405165518
LanguageEN
References cited13

Celebrity, a central category in media‐saturated societies, mostly denotes individuals with significant visibility gained through recurrent media representations. Its connotation is sometimes negative, and its supposedly frivolous character is possibly one of the reasons why it has remained understudied sociologically. This entry discusses several perspectives on celebrity that clearly demonstrate its social and sociological importance. One of these is that celebrity operates as a status system and is embedded in stratification and social inequalities. Another is the labor of (self‐)branding and visibility management, which links to celebrities' commodification and role in capitalist economies. Their activism and politics are also briefly discussed, which leads to a number of questions for future research

Advertising · Business · Character (mathematics · Commodification · Connotation · Economics · Economy · Geography · Inequality · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Social character · Social media · Social science · Social stratification · Sociology · Visibility · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Media, Gender, and Advertising

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