Plenary Speakers > Abstracts

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Prof. P. David Marshall Northeastern University, Boston, USA.

Buying Beyoncé: The deal that ended racism
Prof. Ellis Cashmore Staffordshire University, UK

News, Celebrity and the Jackson verdict: a vortextual analysis
Prof. Garry Whannel University of Luton, UK.

Through the Media Lens: The Fall and Rise and Fall of the Hero and the Rise of the Celebrity
Prof. Gary Gumpert and Prof. Susan Drucker Queens College, City University of New York and Hofstra University, USA

Celebrity Entertainment Officer: Corporate Identities and the Show of Business in Contemporary Hollywood
Dr. Paul McDonald Roehampton University, UK

Contemporary Stardom as a derivative money form.
Dr. Barry King Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Postfeminism, The Missing Woman and the Culture of Celebrity: Tracking the “Runaway Bride”
Dr. Diane Negra University of East Anglia, UK