| Title: | The gossip industry : producing and distributing star images, celebrity gossip and entertainment news 1910-2010 |
| Author: | Petersen, Anne Helen |
| Abstract: |
Not available This dissertation addresses the industrial history of American -based celebrity gossip over century , beginning with the first Hollywood stars in the 1910s and reaching into “celebrified” culture of the 2010s . Gossip , broadly defined as discourse about a public figure produced and distributed for profit , can operate within the star’s good graces or completely outside of the Hollywood machine ; it can be published in “old media” print and broadcast forms or online and on a phone . Regardless of form , tone , and content , gossip remains a crucial component of the ways in which star images are produced and consumed . The dissertation thus asks : how has the relationship between the gossip industry and Hollywood in general changed over the last century ? And what implications do those changes have for stars , those who exploit their images , and media industries at large ? |
| URI: | http : / /hdl .handle .net /2152 /11454 |
| Date: | 2011-06-02 |
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