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A genre approach to celebrity politics : global patterns of passage from media to politics
"The study of celebrities has been the focus of several works from two main fields: Cultural Studies and Political Communication. But up until now, such works have produced only fragmented views of links between celebrity culture, the entertainment industries, and the political systems, which t...
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| Format : | Livre |
| Langue : | anglais |
| Titre complet : | A genre approach to celebrity politics : global patterns of passage from media to politics / Nahuel Ribke |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York, NY :
Palgrave Macmillan
, 2015 |
| Description matérielle : | 1 vol. (XVII-233 p.) |
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| Résumé : | "The study of celebrities has been the focus of several works from two main fields: Cultural Studies and Political Communication. But up until now, such works have produced only fragmented views of links between celebrity culture, the entertainment industries, and the political systems, which this book attempts to transcend. Analyzing the movement of celebrities to politics, this book contributes to a thorough understanding of the links between media industries and the political system, providing tools for grasping the varied ways in which media capital is converted into electoral power. To achieve this goal, Nahuel Ribke has assembled a wide range of data from the United States, Brazil and Israel, providing a complex comparative view of the migration of celebrities to politics, which incorporates a historical and cultural analysis, an examination of the respective political institutions, as well as an understanding of the impact local cultural industries had on the development of celebrity politics"-- |
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| Bibliographie : | Bibliogr. p. 215-228. Index |
| ISBN : | 978-1-13-740938-6 978-1-349-48865-0 1-13-740938-X |