Book chapter
Gossip and Reputation in the Media: How Celebrities Emerge and Evolve by Means of Mass-Mediated Gossip
The Oxford Handbook of Gossip and Reputation, pp 324-342
22 Aug 2019
Abstract
This chapter has three goals. The first is to illuminate the various topics covered in mass media gossip about complete unknowns and celebrities, highlighting the overlap with interpersonal gossip. The second goal is to zoom in on celebrity gossip by examining who becomes a celebrity and what role the media play in this process. Third, we take a look at the audience, reviewing why people consume celebrity gossip, and how some people become so deeply involved with some celebrities that they actively take part in the creation and evolution of celebrities and their reputation. In all these discussions, we try to make clear how reputation gossip is a key part in every step of the process. That is, reputation gossip is what makes someone a celebrity and what drives the audiences to consume celebrity gossip and, in doing so, reinforcing the creation of a “celebrity.”
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- Title
- Gossip and Reputation in the Media
- Creators
- Hilde Van den Bulck - Drexel UniversityGaëlle Ouvrein - University of AntwerpMaryanne L Fisher - Psychology, Saint Mary's UniversityCharlotte J. S De Backer - University of Antwerp
- Contributors
- Francesca Giardini (Editor) - University of GroningenRafael Wittek (Editor) - University of Groningen
- Publication Details
- The Oxford Handbook of Gossip and Reputation, pp 324-342
- Series
- Oxford Handbooks
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Communication
- Other Identifier
- 991021865930204721