Television personalities stardom and the small screen /

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Main Author: Bennett, James
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The television personality system. TV must train its own stars : the invention of the television personality
  • An "irreconcilable opposition" : music hall, radio and the emergence of televisual skill
  • "Too much glamour"? : glamour, gender and "in-vision" announcers
  • "Oooh, I'm an entertainer-- it's what I do" : political economy, performance and pleasure. "You don't know anyone ..."? : the political economy of television fame
  • The art of "being yourself" : pleasure, meaning and achievement in performance
  • The television personality system revisited : ideology, multiplatform and DIY fame. Just "an ordinary bloke" : national identity and ideology
  • Get Internet famous! (even if you're nobody) : multiplatform fame and the television personality system in the digital era
  • Conclusion.