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Erschienen in: Society 5/2010

01.09.2010 | Symposium: Celebrity in America Today

Reports from “Backstage” in Entertainment News

verfasst von: Elizabeth Butler Breese

Erschienen in: Society | Ausgabe 5/2010

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Abstract

While “serious” news outlets struggle financially in the United States, evidence suggests that entertainment news coverage is thriving. By expanding upon Erving Goffman’s performance perspective and performance theory, this article seeks to illuminate representations of celebrities in the news media, with attention to the recent news stories regarding Tiger Woods and Sandra Bullock. The analysis also explores the off-screen performance of celebrities—developed and presented in news stories, interviews and photographs—and the repercussions when reports of a celebrity’s unmanaged backstage performance exposes the front stage performance as a pretense.

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Metadaten
Titel
Reports from “Backstage” in Entertainment News
verfasst von
Elizabeth Butler Breese
Publikationsdatum
01.09.2010
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
Society / Ausgabe 5/2010
Print ISSN: 0147-2011
Elektronische ISSN: 1936-4725
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-010-9350-2

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