Television personalities [electronic resource] : stardom and the small screen / James Bennett.

By: Bennett, JamesContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2011Description: xii, 225 p. : illISBN: 9780203842683 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Television broadcasting -- Social aspects -- Great Britain | Television personalities -- Great Britain | Television broadcasting -- Social aspects -- United States | Television personalities -- United States | FameGenre/Form: Electronic books.LOC classification: PN1992.3.G7 | B37 2010Online resources: Click to View
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.
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Includes bibliographical references ([206]-215) and index.

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.

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