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| What revolution has celebrity culture had in modern life? |
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Definition
| It has given us asymmetrical relationships with people we don't know |
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| Celebrities are given greater presence and a wider scope of agency and activity. What else are celebs able to do? |
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Definition
1. Move on stage while others watch
2. Express themselves with individually and idiosyncratically
3. Participate openly as a marketable commodity
4. Legitimate existing political economic model and exchange and value distribution of wealth
5. Have a voice above other voices |
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| Where does celebs power come from? |
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Definition
| a blend of familiarity and extraordinariness. Celebs want us to relate to them and idolize the because it enhances there symbolic power |
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(how we interact with celebs)
-How during interaction between users of media and representations of people appearing in the media, users respond as if media figure was with them in a typical social relationship |
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| What to PSIs compensate for some people? |
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Definition
| deficiencies in social life. For others, an extension of social activity |
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| What are 4 types of parasocial interactions? |
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Definition
1. PSI user responds as if media figure is a personal aquaintance
2. Identification: recognizes some characteristics in media figuer shared by themselves
3. Wishful identification: we desire to emulate the figure
4. Affinity: We wilke the media figure without identifying with him/her |
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Term
What is the Transportation Theory?
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Definition
Seeks to specify mechanisms of media enjoyment
-Conceptualizes transportation as a distinct mental process that melds attention, imagery, and feelings.
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| What are some things that the transportation theory does? |
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Definition
- Facilitates enjoyment
(Audiences are eager to escape into an alternate universe, to be taken from mundane reality, into a story world to leave worries behind
- Expands horizons, opens up new information, provides opportunities for identity play
-We explore boundaries, of tolerance of unpleasent emotions--fear, sadness, rage; can survive risks
- We connect with media characters; in transportation we adopt their goals, thoughts, emotions and behaviors
- We may develop an illusion of intimacy with them |
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| What is associated with the spread of celeb culture? |
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Definition
- Determined media production:
- Celeb chefts, ceo's, super models, and preachers
"Rise of the achievement famine" |
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| In celebrity culture there are many strong normative statemenmts about women's roles and femininity. What are several? |
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Definition
1. Self-regulation of body, face, hair, tempermant, maternal practices, vanity, sexuality
2. Good judy of character--boyfriends, husbands, friends
3. Perfect consumer
4. Women pitted against each other
5. Having children of ultimate importance; hyper-nationalism |
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| What is an example of a mediated interaction? |
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Definition
- Texting
- Facebook
- 2 people that know each other |
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| What is a mediated quasi-interaction? |
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Definition
| an intimate relationship with people we don't know |
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| What has been the evolution of celebrities? |
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Definition
| Celebrities used to be people of production such as Thomas Edison. In the 1940s people began idolizing heros of consumption. |
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| What is an ascribed celebrity? |
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Definition
| Someone who inherits fame such as Prince William |
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| What is an Achieved Celebrity? |
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Definition
| Someone who is recognized because of skills/talents |
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| What is an attributed celebrity? |
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Definition
A celeb that merges out of scandals, lottery winners, etc.
Ex: Monica Lewinski, Paris Hilton
Least valuable and least valued |
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Term
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Definition
| Used to work at cosmo and then went to Glamour and US weekly. Started the celebs are just like us and hot pics |
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| What is included with the presentation of self |
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Definition
- Front and back stage
- Celebs pose puzzle: tensions between knowledge
- Who is the real person behind the screen? |
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| What is included with the decoding and encoding of celeb culture? |
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Definition
- Continum from credulous fan to cynical reader
- Negotiated readings
- Rise of ironic address: important/cleaver way of selling media culture to media savy peopl |
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Term
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| Satisfaction or pleasure at someone's misfortune |
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