On the function of the United States paparazzi: mosquito swarm or watchdogs of celebrity image control and power

Mendelson, Andrew L.

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“…King, 2008): these are instances of a fundamental recalibration of the celebrity image in terms of a successful care for the mentally vulnerable self. Mental health self-management, in other words, has been harnessed in the service of what one might call ‘celebrity image management’ (Mendelson, 2007).…”

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The celebritization of self-care: The celebrity health narrative of Demi Lovato and the sickscape of mental illness

Franssen

2019

European Journal of Cultural Studies

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Using the threatened yet ultimately reconfirmed celebrity status of pop singer and mental health advocate Demi Lovato as a case study, this article analyzes how celebrity health narratives reflect and produce a neoliberal ideology of individuality in the context of mental health care. It is argued that Lovato has successfully rebranded herself as the embodiment of achievement, self-improvement and confidence by embracing her diagnosis with bipolar disorder and other mental health struggles. Furthermore, the article demonstrates how her celebrity health narrative has been repackaged and reproduced by the merchandizing industry, providing general lifestyle advice about the value of ongoing self-improvement. This convergence between the 'sickscape' of mental illness and celebrity culture can be understood as a 'celebritization of self-care', which reproduces a hyper-individualized, neoliberal and distinctly gendered ideology of meritocracy, and presents all forms of achievement, including recovery from mental illness, as the result of competitive individualism.

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The celebritization of self-care: The celebrity health narrative of Demi Lovato and the sickscape of mental illness

Franssen

2019

European Journal of Cultural Studies

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“…Along these lines, paparazzi photographers have accounted for their tacit or explicit collaborations with celebrities (Currid-Halkett, 2010;Howe, 2005;McNamara, 2011;Mendelson, 2007). ordinariness.…”

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“…According to the existing literature in the field (e.g. Howe, 2005;Mendelson, 2007;Squiers, 1999Squiers, , 2010, trademark paparazzi photographs used to depict celebrities exhibiting bodily excess and/or transgressing social or moral codes. Our analysis, by contrast, shows that snapshots of famous people engaged in insignificant everyday activities hold the largest share by far of today's insatiable digital, globalized and commercialized market for paparazzi photography.…”

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Taking the extra out of the extraordinary: Paparazzi photography as an online celebrity news genre

Mortensen

Jerslev

2013

International Journal of Cultural Studies

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Paparazzi photography presently constitutes the largest genre of visual celebrity news on the internet along with red carpet photography. With the emergence of digital media, this genre has moved towards the centre of mainstream news and entertainment culture, and the content has undergone a significant transformation. Trademark paparazzi photographs used to be depictions of celebrities deviating from prevailing norms of proper conduct by exhibiting bodily excess and/or transgressing social or moral codes. By contrast, a content analysis conducted for this article shows that snapshots of famous people engaged in insignificant everyday activities hold by far the largest share of today's insatiable digital, globalized and commercialized market for news pictures of celebrities off-duty. Reexamining the wellknown theorization of the tension between the ordinary and extraordinary in celebrity culture studies, this article thus investigates the following research question: How is the ordinary represented in paparazzi photographs as a genre of visual celebrity news in the current, digital media landscape?

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“…Research on self-presentation has moved from examining interpersonal interactions to displays through mass media (Mendelson, 2007;Meyrowitz, 1985) to more recent forms of new media in which elements of interpersonal and mass communications are merged, like personal homepages and blogs (Dominick, 1999;Papacharissi, 2002aPapacharissi, , 2002bWalker, 2000). New media, such as the World Wide Web, allow people the opportunity to present various forms of themselves to others at a distance.…”

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A Networked self: identity, community, and culture on social network sites

2011

Choice Reviews Online

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On the function of the United States paparazzi: mosquito swarm or watchdogs of celebrity image control and power

Cited by 21 publications

References 35 publications

The celebritization of self-care: The celebrity health narrative of Demi Lovato and the sickscape of mental illness

The celebritization of self-care: The celebrity health narrative of Demi Lovato and the sickscape of mental illness

Taking the extra out of the extraordinary: Paparazzi photography as an online celebrity news genre

A Networked self: identity, community, and culture on social network sites

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