Internet Celebrity

This book presents a framework for thinking about different forms of internet celebrity that have emerged in the last decade. Through cross-cultural case studies, the book offers a brief history of internet celebrity; analysis on recent developments in the industry; and commentary on emergent trends.

About the author

Crystal Abidin is Postdoctoral Fellow with the Media Management and Transformation Centre (MMTC) at Jönköping University, Sweden, and Adjunct Researcher with the Centre for Culture and Technology (CCAT) at Curtin University, Australia. As a socio-cultural anthropologist of vernacular internet cultures, particularly young people's relationships with internet celebrity, self-curation, and vulnerability, she has published extensively on Influencers, a multimedia form of vocational internet celebrity, and is currently working on projects in East Asia, Australia, and Scandinavia.

Product details

• Authors: Crystal Abidin, Crystal (Joenkoeping University Abidin, Crystal (Jonkoping University Abidin
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781787560796
• ISBN: 978-1-78756-079-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 211 g
• Series: Societynow; SocietyNow; SocietyNow Book Set (2016-2019)
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Kommunikationswissenschaft, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Medienwissenschaften: Internet, digitale Medien und Gesellschaft; Digitalisierung, Computing & IT: Benutzerhandbücher, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies