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Over the past few decades, the public obsession with celebrity has exploded. This fully-updated second edition investigates issues in celebrity culture from the paparazzi to politics, from voyeurism to self-perfection. Cashmore presents engaging case studies to analyse how social media has changed the nature of celebrity culture, and explore how we consume celebrity in today's society. This new edition also contains pullout quotes and chapter summaries for ease of comprehension and teaching.

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Over the past few decades, the public obsession with celebrity has exploded. This fully-updated second edition investigates issues in celebrity culture from the paparazzi to politics, from voyeurism to self-perfection. Cashmore presents engaging case studies to analyse how social media has changed the nature of celebrity culture, and explore how we consume celebrity in today's society. This new edition also contains pullout quotes and chapter summaries for ease of comprehension and teaching.
Autorenporträt
Ellis Cashmore is Professor of Culture, Media and Sport at Staffordshire University. His latest books include Beckham (Polity, 2002), Martin Scorsese's America (Polity, 2009), Making Sense of Sports (5th edition, Routledge, 2010), Sport and Exercise Psychology: The key concepts (2nd edition, Routledge, 2008).