Celebrity and Mediated Social Connections: Fans, Friends and Followers in the Digital Age
In: Springer eBooks
In: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies
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?