Building the authentic celebrity: The "Idol" phenomenon in the attention economy

Popular Music and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 355-375

  Fairchild, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 61149634737     PISSN: 03007766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03007760600835306     Document Type: Article

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