Posts Tagged "celebrity politics"

Book Launch: Trump and the Media

Posted on Apr 16, 2018 | 0 comments

From Dove Helena Pedlosky TRUMP AND THE MEDIA Wednesday, April 18, 2018 // 6-8 PM 20 Cooper Square 5th floor NYC 10003 RSVP: https://ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-launch-trump-and-the-media/ NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge invites you to join for the launch of Trump and the Media, edited by Pablo J. Boczkowski and Zizi Papacharissi. Contributing authors Rodney Benson, Andew Mendelson and Julia Sonnvend will be present in conversation with Geneva Overholser.  Donald Trump’s election as the 45th President of the United States came as something of a surprise—to many...

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A Genre Approach to Celebrity Politics (2015)

Posted on Apr 8, 2015 | 0 comments

A Genre Approach to Celebrity Politics (2015) By Nahuel Ribke (Tel Aviv University). Published by Palgrave MacMillan  The study of celebrities has been the focus of several works from two main fields: Cultural Studies and Political Communication. But up until now, such works have produced only fragmented views of links between celebrity culture, the entertainment industries, and the political systems, which this book attempts to transcend. Analyzing the movement of celebrities to politics, this book contributes to a thorough understanding of the links between media industries and the...

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