The Image: Or What Happened to the American Dream

Gabriel, Ralph H.; Boorstin, Daniel J.

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“…Boorstin (1962: 7) reads the ascent of celebrity as a mode of 'pseudo-event' generated through 'the image'photographs, advertisements, posters, prints. The celebrity event, in this analysis, is 'well known for its wellknownness' (Boorstin, 1962).…”

Section: Cultural Economy Of Celebritymentioning

confidence: 99%

Bollywood celebrities as bioconsumers of reproductive technologies in neoliberal fertility markets: A study of popular public discourse

Malhotra

Sharma

Thakur

2023

International Journal of Cultural Studies

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The article makes a biopolitical study of commercial surrogacy in India through the case studies of Bollywood celebrities prioritizing bioengineered babies through surrogacy. Drawing upon the theories of the culture industry and neoliberal subjectivity, the entanglement between the cultural economy of celebrity and the medico-industrial complex is decoded. The study attempts to focus on the existing popular public discourse using newspaper articles, tabloid press, interviews, and journal articles to investigate how Bollywood celebrities, as bioconsumers in the neoliberal surrogacy market, further genetic essentialism and neoliberal eugenics. Celebrities, as agents of new reproductive subjectivities, invite critical forays into bioeconomies of intensity, intimate life and belongings through the affective bonds of familial ties and kinship. Examining the moral economy of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) in India, the study highlights the exploitative use of the reproductive labour of surrogates, who are treated as effaced entities and as collateral ‘prosthetics’ in the ART industry.

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Section: Cultural Economy Of Celebritymentioning

confidence: 99%

Bollywood celebrities as bioconsumers of reproductive technologies in neoliberal fertility markets: A study of popular public discourse

Malhotra

Sharma

Thakur

2023

International Journal of Cultural Studies

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“…Lang andLang 1969 [1952]; Shils and Young 1956;Chaney 1983). Other authors, more cynically, like Daniel Boorstin (1963), complained about an increasing number of "pseudo events" in media communication. However, in their 1970s and 1980s work, culminating in the pathbreaking book of 1992, it was Daniel Dayan and Elihu Katz who brought this hitherto somewhat neglected discussion to a new stage, drawing our attention to certain phenomena they called "media events".…”

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The “TV Disaster Marathon” Genre. The War in Ukraine and the Battle of Televisions

Aneva

2023

MLJ

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This document is the author's submitted version of the book section. There may be differences between this version and the published version. You are advised to consult the publisher's version if you wish to cite from it. MEDIA EVENTS: AN INTERVENTIONFrom today's perspective we can understand the book Media Events: The Live Broadcasting of History and its preceding articles and chapters i by Daniel Dayan and Elihu Katz as an intervention in media and communication studies in at least a double sense: theoretically, it brought together the traditions of social science's mass communication research with semiotics-influenced media and cultural studies, trying to capture a new phenomenon of broadcasting; methodologically, it broke with the notion that a focus on the "average"-the "ordinary" viewer, the "normal" program or the "regular" production-is the only or necessary approach to studying media

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“…Despite the former head of the Otaru Tourism Association arguing that in "souvenir tourism," tourists stay just half-day in Otaru to buy the souvenirs and then go back to Sapporo to spend the night, glass artifacts and music boxes represent Otaru. Furthermore, although Boorstin (1963) and Horne (1984) criticized the souvenir trade, the sale of these artifacts does not trivialize the opportunity to participate and enjoy the recollection and appraisal of the films and dramas as they allowed visitors to reexperience the films. Moreover, for film fans, the collection of memorable merchandise enhances their understanding of the film.…”

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Destination marketing through film-induced tourism: a case study of Otaru, Japan

Nakayama

2022

JHTI

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PurposeThis study aims to test the utility of Pearce et al.'s (2003) framework on film tourism in Otaru, Japan. This framework involves marketing the attraction according to five stages: resource identification, marketing emphasis, interpretation, sales and merchandising and broader community use. The existing studies have failed to adapt this framework to films. Subsequently, this study uncovers the necessity of an additional stage involving sustainability aspects.Design/methodology/approachA case study method was adopted, and Otaru, Japan – a popular film location – was chosen. Semi-structured interviews with the major stakeholders of film tourism, such as film commissions, representatives of the film and the tourism industries, tourists and the community, were conducted, and the participants were observed. Data were collected using the snowball sampling technique.FindingsThe study reveals that Pearce et al.'s (2003) model is applicable to film tourism by adding a sixth stage to address sustainability, such as the issue of overtourism.Practical implicationsThe transferability of the framework to different film tourism cases is plausible. It is also critical for governments and tourism practitioners to consider the community's perspective for sustainability and maximize the use of films as promotional tools for destinations.Originality/valueThis study is the first to apply Pearce et al.'s (2003) model to film tourism, adding value to the literature by extending the framework to include an additional sixth stage to address sustainability.

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The Image: Or What Happened to the American Dream

Cited by 11 publications

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Bollywood celebrities as bioconsumers of reproductive technologies in neoliberal fertility markets: A study of popular public discourse

Bollywood celebrities as bioconsumers of reproductive technologies in neoliberal fertility markets: A study of popular public discourse

The “TV Disaster Marathon” Genre. The War in Ukraine and the Battle of Televisions

Destination marketing through film-induced tourism: a case study of Otaru, Japan

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