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  Cruise Control: The Battle Over the Celebrity Image

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  Erin Meyers Oakland University

  August 12, 2013

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  coverage of his private image. I’m not suggesting either one of these is the “true” Tom Cruise, but rather ...
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  The Black-list

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  Racquel Gates College of Staten Island, CUNY

  March 25, 2015

  gotta understand is I’m actually famous, you’re more Black famous.” The joke reveals an interesting ...
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  Who’s Stalking Whom: Eli Roth and the Blueberries

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  Kristina Busse Independent Scholar

  June 17, 2010

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  The chorus pronounces: I’m your biggest fan/ I follow you until you love me/ Paparazzi, and it remains ...
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  Relationships & Revenge: Why the Rob Kardashian/Blac Chyna Celebrity Feud Matters

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  Stefanie Davis Kempton Penn State Altoona

  September 20, 2017

  Institute, 1 in 10 women under the age of 30 have been threatened with the possibility of revenge porn. The ...
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  We Want You: Transmedia Performances of Fan Devotion, Desire, and Domination

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  Louisa Stein Middlebury College

  June 18, 2010

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  We Want You: Transmedia Performances of Fan Devotion, Desire, and Domination twitter transmedia fandom fan video fan authorship celebrity Curator's Note Supernatural guest star turned series regular, Misha Collins, has used twitter to mobilize a voca ...
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  'Crying for Justin Bieber' and Negotiating Affective Fan Performance

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  Lindsay H. Garrison University of Wisconsin, Madison

  June 15, 2010

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  'Crying for Justin Bieber' and Negotiating Affective Fan Performance Justin Bieber fannish engagement fandom children celebrity Curator's Note The clip on the left features 3-year-old Cody, known for tearfully explaining her love for tween ...
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  Really, Queen?: Parsing Life Post-Drag Race

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  Andrew Owens DePaul University

  March 02, 2018

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  Really, Queen?: Parsing Life Post-Drag Race Drag celebrity Bianca del Rio Curator's Note Two weeks ago, I had the good fortune of traveling to Milwaukee with friends to attend a performance by one of my favorite stand-up comics. Roy Haylock, better k ...
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  Following the Tiger Trail: The Public Trial of Tiger Woods

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  Brandeise Monk-Payton Brown University

  May 19, 2010

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  Following the Tiger Trail: The Public Trial of Tiger Woods Tiger Woods tabloid scandal Nike celebrity Curator's Note Over the past few months, the Tiger Woods sex scandal has reached new heights of media frenzy in the amount of public scrutiny surrou ...
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  Multiplatform Fame

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  James Bennett London Metropolitan University

  February 19, 2009

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  Multiplatform Fame pro-am online content DIY DiggNation celebrity Beavis and Butthead Curator's Note  This clip is edited together from the podcast  Diggnation, hosted by Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht. DiggNation  appears to be two computer geeks, sit ...
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  ‘There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women’: Taylor Swift and Celebrity Feminist Friendship

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  Alison Winch University of East Anglia, UK

  January 28, 2016

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  ‘There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women’: Taylor Swift and Celebrity Feminist Friendship feminism female friendship celebrity Curator's Note Taylor Swift’s girlfriendships are central to her celebrity brand as well as he ...

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