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Bennett, James.
Television personalities : stardom and the small screen / James Bennett. - London : Routledge, 2011. - xii, 225 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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.
9780415481885 (hardback) 9780415481892 (pbk.) 9780203842683 (e-book)
Television broadcasting--Social aspects--Great Britain.
Television personalities--Great Britain.
Television broadcasting--Social aspects--United States.
Television personalities--United States.
Fame.
PN1992.3.G7 / B373
791.450280922 / B373
Television personalities : stardom and the small screen / James Bennett. - London : Routledge, 2011. - xii, 225 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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.
9780415481885 (hardback) 9780415481892 (pbk.) 9780203842683 (e-book)
Television broadcasting--Social aspects--Great Britain.
Television personalities--Great Britain.
Television broadcasting--Social aspects--United States.
Television personalities--United States.
Fame.
PN1992.3.G7 / B373
791.450280922 / B373