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Internet celebrity : understanding fame online / by Crystal Abidin (Jönköping University, Sweden).

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
302.231 ABID	Adult Non Fiction		Chester Hill .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781787560796 (paperback)
Name	Abidin, Crystal author.
Title	Internet celebrity : understanding fame online / by Crystal Abidin (Jönköping University, Sweden).
Edition	First edition.
Published	Bingley, United Kingdom : Emerald Publishing, [2018]
Published	©2018
Description	xxii, 169 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-156) and index.
Summary	The face of internet celebrity is rapidly diversifying and evolving. Online and mainstream celebrity culture are now weaving together, such that breakout stars from one-hit viral videos are able to turn their transient fame into a full-time career. This book presents a framework for thinking about the different forms of internet celebrity that have emerged over the last decade, taking examples from the Global North and South, to consolidate key ideas about cultures of online fame. It discusses the overall landscape, developments and trends in the internet celebrity economy, and cross-cultural lessons
Subjects	Internet -- Social aspects
	Online identities
	Communication and culture
	Celebrities
Series	SocietyNow
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Celebrities . Communication and culture . Internet -- Social aspects . Online identities . Authors: Abidin, Crystal . Series: SocietyNow .