Celebrity and Mediated Social Connections Fans, Friends and Followers in the Digital Age /

• Main Author: Alperstein, Neil M. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Communication.; Social media.; Culture.; Technology.; Popular Culture.; Cultural studies.; Media and Communication.; Social Media.; Culture and Technology.; Popular Culture .; Cultural Studies.

Celebrity and Mediated Social Connections is a critical examination of the multiple realities of the mediated culture we traverse, extending from our imaginary inner worlds to the imagined communities of digital media. Chapters explore the dialogic at work when we connect with celebrities and intern...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: Mediated Social Connections: place, imagination and togetherness
• 2. A Model of Mediated Social Connections
• 3. Jacking In to an Extended Reality
• 4. The New New Sensibility: Selling Celebrity/Celebrities Selling on Digital Media
• 5. Micro-Celebrity and the Management of Self-Presentation on Digital Media
• 6. Skin Wars: Building Mediated Social Connections to Promote Prescription Drugs
• 7. Social Movements: Our Virtual Collective Consciousness
• 8. Conclusion: What About Us?.