The mass production of celebrity: 'Celetoids', reality TV and the 'demotic turn'

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-165

  Turner, Graeme ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Department of Cultural Studies ^*  (Australia)

^c Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies   (Australia)

Author keywords

Celebrity; Cultural identity; Media; Reality TV

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646706108     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877906064028     Document Type: Article

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