Posted: December 7th, 2014

How is liveness and our relationship to it changing within the current media landscape?

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Traditionally liveness has been marked by the bringing of global events to the attention of a nationally situated populace. With the recent growth of mobile phones, blogging and social networking, notions of liveness are becoming increasingly complicated. How is liveness and our relationship to it changing within the current media landscape?

Traditionally liveness has been marked by the bringing of global events to the attention of a nationally situated populace. With the recent growth of mobile phones, blogging and social networking, notions of liveness are becoming increasingly complicated. How is liveness and our relationship to it changing within the current media landscape?

Essential Reading:
Thomas, Sarah [2014] “Celebrity in the ‘Twitterverse’: history, authenticity and the multiplicity of stardom.  Situating the ‘newness’ of Twitter”Journal of Celebrity Studies, 5: 3; 242-255;

Supplementary Reading:
Alexander, Jenny [2013] “The case of the green vampire: eco-celebrity, Twitter and youth engagement”, Journal of Celebrity Studies, 4: 3, 353-368;
Burns, K.S (2009) Celeb 2.0: How Social Media foster our fascination with Popular Culture, Praeger Publishing
Hearn, A. [2008] Meat, mask, burden: Probing the contours of the branded ‘self’, Journal of Consumer Culture, 8:2; 197-217
Hills, M. (2006) “Not just another powerless elite? When media fans become subcultural celebrities” in Holmes, S. & Redmond, S. [eds.] Framing Celebrity: New directions in celebrity culture, London, Routledge, 101-118
Marwick, A. & Boyd, D. (2011) “To see and be seen: Celebrity Practice on Twitter”, Convergence: The international journal of research into new media technologies, 17:2; 139-158;
Miller, V. (2008) “New Media networking and phatic culture” Convergence, 14: 4; 387-400;
Page, R. E. (2011) Stories and Social Media: Identities and Interaction, London, Routledge, Chapter 5: “Celebrity Practice: Stories told in Twitter”, 93-116
Senft. T. (2008) Camgirls: Celebrity and Community in the Age of Social Networks, New York: Peter Lang Publishing

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