Avatar obama in the age of liquid celebrity

Celebrity Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-95

  Redmond, Sean ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Avatar; Charismatic authority; Emotion; Liquid celebrity; Obama; Spectacle

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956143953     PISSN: 19392397     EISSN: 19392400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19392390903519081     Document Type: Article

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