school of media, language and music | university of paisley
Last Update: Friday 30 Sept, 2005
 



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Plenary Speakers
We have an exciting list of Plenary Speakers for the conference. Subject to final confirmation, they will be:

 

 

Professor Ellis Cashmore
Staffordshire University, UK
 
Buying Beyoncé:
The deal that ended racism
 
Professor Gary Gumpert
and Professor Susan Drucker

Queens College, City University of New York and Hofstra University, USA
 
Through the Media Lens: The Fall and Rise and Fall of the Hero and the Rise of the Celebrity
 
Dr. Barry King
Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
 
Contemporary Stardom as a derivative money form.
 
 
Professor P. David Marshall
Northeastern University, Boston, USA.

 
The Changing Indiscretions of the Public Personality:
New Media, Celebrity and Intellectual Property
 
 
Dr. Paul McDonald
Roehampton University, UK
 
Celebrity Entertainment Officer: On the Fame of Media Moguls and the Show of Business
 
 
Dr. Diane Negra
University of East Anglia, UK
 
Postfeminism, The Missing Woman and the Culture of Celebrity: Tracking the “Runaway Bride” 
 
Professor Garry Whannel
University of Luton, UK.
 
News, Celebrity and the Jackson verdict: a vortextual analysis

 
 

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