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Table of Contents List of illustrations ix Acknowledgements xi Introduction: Celebrity Goes Digital The Changing Celebrity Media Industry Understanding New Media The Rise of Celebrity Gossip 1 2 4 7 Chapter 1: The Celebrity Image and Gossip Media Stardom and Celebrity: Understanding the Image Celebrity, Ideology and Media Reading Celebrity in Gossip Media Celebrity, Gossip and Community 17 18 22 24 29 Chapter 2: Building the Blog: Celebrity Gossip Blogs as New Media Texts Defining Celebrity Gossip Blogs Building Blocks: The Post Building Blocks: Interactive Links Building Blocks: Visual Images Building Blocks: Reader Comments as Textual Content 33 34 43 47 50 64 Chapter 3: The New "Professional" Gossip: Celebrity Gossip Bloggers as Media Producers Framing the Active Audience Audiences and/as Producers Celebrity Gossip Bloggers as Audience/Producers Gossip Blogs and Celebrity Journalism Gossip, Technology and Content Creation Gossip and "Putting Yourself' in the Blog Towards a "Professional" Audience/Producer 67 68 70 72 73 77 79 81 Chapter 4: Reading Practices and Audience Communities on Celebrity Gossip Blogs 87 New Media and the Metaphor of Community 88 Reading Gossip, Creating Community 90 Meyers, Erin A. Dishing dish in the digital age cop. 2013 digitalisiert durch IDS Basel/Bern, im Auftrag der Schweizerischen Nationalbibliothek Contents Celebrity Gossip Blog Audiences Reading Practices and the Technological Features of Blogs Online Connections and Community Offline or "Real Life" Connections and Community 93 96 104 107 Chapter 5: Creating Content, Creating Connections: Visible Communities on Celebrity Gossip Blogs From Reader to Producer: Commenter Communities Understanding Online Community 138 Chapter 6: Rethinking Gossip and Celebrity Culture in the Digital Age Technology and Participatory Media Culture Celebrity Gossip Blogs as Social Spaces Technological and Social Changes to Gossip Blogs Technological Changes, Social Effects: Changes to Gossip Blog Communities Beyond Gossip Blogs 139 140 142 144 Bibliography 157 Index 165 148 154