Fame Attack · the Inflation of Celebrity and Its Consequences by Rojek, Chris -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Epigraph Preface: The New Aristocracy of Fame 1. Celebrity Supernova

Fame attack: Defined ‘He who sings or dances the best...’ Domestic and factory systems of fame The appeal of notoriety The factory system and cultural intermediaries Edward Bernays and the public relations mill

1. Formulation of an objective 2. Gathering data on public attitudes 3. Study of analysis 4. Use of media

The public relations-Media hub

2. The Fame Formula

Jade Goody Madonna

3. Celebrity and Sickness

Celebrity mortality and the mirror effect Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) Child stardom and its consequences Fame, bipolarity and borderline personality disorder Celebrity worship syndrome Stalking Suicide and attempted suicide The Absorption-Addiction Model

1. Entertainment-social 2. Intense-personal 3. Borderline-pathological

4. Charisma Gulch

The meaning of charisma Celebrity and charisma today Advocacy and diplomacy Celanthropy Celanthropy before Live Aid The Balance Sheet of Celanthropy

1. Bureaucratic inefficiency 2. Controversial charities 3. Corruption and embezzlement 4. Networking overshadows problem-solving

5. Exposure Management

Image aggregation and image accumulation Celebrity cognitive dissonance

6. Supply Side Factors in Celebrity Inflation

Branding The cultural literacy of the public

7. Demand Side Factors

Articulation and the culture of display Hero worship and narcissistic idealization Achievement famine and its discontents Narcissism and society Religion, and its decline in the West

8. Para-social Relationships

Celebrity icons Lady Gaga: Gay icon Totemic celebrity Syndicated fraternization Ordinary conversations: The value of access, utility and labour Para-social conversations

9. The Icarus Complex

Celanthropy and its discontents

1. Angelina Jolie and multinational adoption 2. Madonna, Raising Malawi and adoption

Tom Cruise: Scientology, postnatal depression and Oprah Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross: Sachsgate The personal element in para-social persuasion

10. Reality TV: The Return of the Fool

The fool and reality TV The structure of the fool The fool in the court of reality TV

11. The Sphinx of Celebrity and the Idolatry Funfair

The public celebrity Celebrity and the need for transcendence The fear of idolatry Conclusion: ‘When You Wish Upon A Star...’

Notes

Preface Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 11

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