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Chocolate Rainmaker
A day in the life of the viral superstar behind "Chocolate Rain," Tay Zonday, many million views later.
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MicroCelebrity Scholar
Reigning dominatrix of the theory of microcelebrity.
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Top Anthropologist of Social Networking
We are watching you, girls... "My research focuses on how people negotiate a presentation of self to unknown audiences in mediated contexts. In particular, my dissertation is looking at how youth engage with networked publics like MySpace, Facebook, LiveJournal, Xanga and YouTube." We are watching you, girls... "My research focuses on how people negotiate a presentation of self to unknown audiences in mediate... more
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Progressive Politics and Celebrity Culture
People is the most profitable magazine in the United States, and E! (the CNN of celebrity gossip) reaches more than 89 million homes. If progressives want their politics to appeal to a majority of the population--which they should in a democracy--they ignore or misunderstand the popularity of celebrity at their peril. What would it mean to create a politics that speak to this fascination? Instead of bemoaning the narcissism of young people who spend hours managing their public selves on Facebook, we need to see it for what it is: the desire to be someone in our mediated age. This popular desire for recognition demands a change in the way progressives do politics. People is the most profitable magazine in the United States, and E! (the CNN of celebrity gossip) reaches more than 89 million homes. ... more
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cult of cyber celebrity
