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To See and Be Seen: Celebrity Practice on Twitter

Marwick, Alice, boyd, danah·2011·Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
DOI 10.1177/1354856510394539
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Social media technologies let people connect by creating and sharing content. We examine the use of Twitter by famous people to conceptualize celebrity as a practice. On Twitter, celebrity is practiced through the appearance and performance of ‘backstage’ access. Celebrity practitioners reveal what appears to be personal information to create a sense of intimacy between participant and follower, publicly acknowledge fans, and use language and cultural references to create affiliations with followers. Interactions with other celebrity practitioners and personalities give the impression of candid, uncensored looks at the people behind the personas. But the indeterminate ‘authenticity’ of these performances appeals to some audiences, who enjoy the game playing intrinsic to gossip consumption. While celebrity practice is theoretically open to all, it is not an equalizer or democratizing discourse. Indeed, in order to successfully practice celebrity, fans must recognize the power differentials intrinsic to the relationship.

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Metadata

Authors
Marwick, A., & boyd, D.
Venue
Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2011-05
Volume
17
Issue
2
Pages
139-158
ISSN
  • 1354-8565 (ISSN-L)
  • 1748-7382
DOI
10.1177/1354856510394539
OpenAlex
W2110505218
Cited by
1,179
References
3
FWCI
87.03
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)

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