TY - BOOK AU - Bennett,James ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Television personalities: stardom and the small screen AV - PN1992.3.G7 B37 2010 PY - 2011/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Television broadcasting KW - Social aspects KW - Great Britain KW - Television personalities KW - United States KW - Fame KW - Electronic books N1 - 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; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=589598 ER -