Over the past few decades, celebrity culture has taken grip, not only of entertainment, but of sports, politics, religion, science, commerce, military affairs, even crime. Our preoccupation with people about whom we know little, but with whom we feel strangely intimate has become a dominant feature of social life.
The third edition of Professor Ellis Cashmore’s book “Celebrity Culture” published by Routledge examines this contemporary phenomenon. In this talk, Cashmore will draw upon his book to make sense of celebrity culture.
You can check out his timeline on the topic here: https://fairobserver.com/timeline/celebrity-culture/.
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