ISBN:
9780203842683
,
9781136907432
,
9781136907470
,
9781136907487
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xii, 225 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Bennett, James, 1978 - Television personalities
DDC:
791.450280922
Keywords:
Television broadcasting Social aspects
;
Television personalities
;
Television broadcasting Social aspects
;
Television personalities
;
Fame
;
Television broadcasting
;
Social aspects
;
Great Britain
;
Television personalities
;
Great Britain
;
Television broadcasting
;
Social aspects
;
United States
;
Television personalities
;
United States
;
Fame
;
Großbritannien
;
Fernsehstar
;
Ruhm
Abstract:
Introduction -- The television personality system. TV must train its own stars : the invention of the television personality -- An "irreconcilable opposition" : music hall, radio and the emergence of televisual skill -- "Too much glamour"? : glamour, gender and "in-vision" announcers -- "Oooh, I'm an entertainer-- it's what I do" : political economy, performance and pleasure. "You don't know anyone."? : the political economy of television fame -- The art of "being yourself" : pleasure, meaning and achievement in performance -- The television personality system revisited : ideology, multiplatform and DIY fame. Just "an ordinary bloke" : national identity and ideology -- Get Internet famous! (even if you're nobody) : multiplatform fame and the television personality system in the digital era -- Conclusion.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [206]-215) and index
DOI:
10.4324/9780203842683
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