Understanding Celebrity

Turner, Graeme

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“…We limit the studied period from the year Amy Winehouse (2006) respectively, were certified platinum. As a result, media interest in their personal -instead of their professional -lives also increased (Turner 2004). We did a LexisNexis search using keywords 'Amy Winehouse' and 'Pete Doherty' in order to find relevant newspaper articles.…”

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“…For example, The Guardian wrote about 'the female counterpart to Pete Doherty': 'To read tabloid journalists berating the drug dealers for their part in Winehouse's death is to hear the sound of a pot calling the kettle, if not black exactly, then certainly kitchen-based' (27 July 2011). As a consequence of a competitive newspaper market and the extraordinary growth of celebrity culture (Turner 2004, Schlesinger 2006, British broadsheets also paid extensive attention to both performers' rock and roll lifestyle. As broadsheets target the governing and business elite, they are likely to affect if (and how) other media and society in general discuss a particular topic (Janssen et al2008).1 Yet, we know little about how elite media cover rock and roll celebrities in relation to different (classed) masculinities (cf.…”

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Rock and roll or rock and fall? Gendered framing of the rock and roll lifestyles of Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty in British broadsheets

Berkers¹,

Eeckelaer²

2013

Journal of Gender Studies

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Combining insights from gender, popular music, and celebrity studies, this article addresses to what extent British broadsheets frame Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty differently with regard to their rock and roll lifestyle. Our content analyses of The Guardian and The Independent indicate clear gender differences. First, Doherty's excessive behavior is often framed in positive terms (rock and roll), while the media discuss Winehouse's conduct more negatively (rock and fall). Second, British newspaper journalists admire Doherty's courage to lead such a lifestyle, oftentimes justifying -or even negating -his behavior, arguing he is an independent individual or even a hero. Such adoration is absent when Winehouse's escapades are reported on; most articles treat her as a victim, expressing concern regarding her poor health. As such, our findings show how music journalists use relational complicit practices -admiration/justification/negation of male and victimization of female enactment of hegemonic masculinity -to maintain masculine monopoly over the archetypical rock and roll lifestyle.

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Rock and roll or rock and fall? Gendered framing of the rock and roll lifestyles of Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty in British broadsheets

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Eeckelaer²

2013

Journal of Gender Studies

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“…Somewhat more equivocally, so does Turner's (2004) Preface to Understanding Celebrity, where he notes the limitations of cultural studies' consideration of celebrity as a field of representation before asserting his intention to consider also its production and consumption, but he still concludes by seeing celebrity as located firmly in culture. He maintains this belief in his contribution to the launch issue of Celebrity Studies (Turner 2010).…”

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Kylie will be ok

Bonner¹

2015

Cultural Studies

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“…Turner (2004) defines a celebrity as a public figure who, through various media representations, becomes known for exploits beyond the strict confines of his/her role as athlete, singer, politician, etc. Coubertin, Brundage and Samaranch all fit this basic definition to the extent that they came to enjoy, and were even seen to be entitled to, greater political agency on an international scale than would be expected (or even accepted) on first analysis of the leader of a sports organization like the IOC.…”

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Political celebrity and the Olympic movement: exploring the charismatic authority of IOC presidents

Peacock

Darnell

2012

Celebrity Studies

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. (2012) 'Political celebrity and the Olympic Movement : exploring the charismatic authority of IOC Presidents.', Celebrity studies., 3 (3). pp. 319-334. Further information on publisher's website:http://dx.doi.org/10. 1080/19392397.2012.717760 Publisher's copyright statement: Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-pro t purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. Abstract:In this paper, we explore the modernization of the role of President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by analyzing the actions of three men who held the position during the 20 th century: Pierre de Coubertin, Avery Brundage, and Juan Antonio Samaranch. Employing Weber's concept of charismatic authority, and considering its connections to, and congruence with, contemporary understandings of political celebrity, we examine how each of these men mobilized their influence and authority to reinvigorate the political energy of Olympic sport and benevolent Olympism, particularly in times of crisis and/or apathy. In turn, we illustrate how the IOC under Samaranch came to embrace celebrity culture and spectacle in a way that solidified the organization's legitimacy, power and influence amidst the challenges of governance posed by late modernity. Our central argument is that all three of these men were charismatic leaders, in the Weberian sense, and that they mobilized this authority using the forms, means and opportunities of power particular to their respective time periods. In turn, the extent to which they can be considered political celebrities should be considered against the 'routinized authority' that has become ascribed to the position of the IOC President itself. Introduction:

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Understanding Celebrity

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Rock and roll or rock and fall? Gendered framing of the rock and roll lifestyles of Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty in British broadsheets

Rock and roll or rock and fall? Gendered framing of the rock and roll lifestyles of Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty in British broadsheets

Kylie will be ok

Political celebrity and the Olympic movement: exploring the charismatic authority of IOC presidents

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