{"product_id":"celeb-20-kelli-burns-9780313356889","title":"Celeb 2.0: How Social Media Foster Our Fascination with Popular Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis volume looks at how the new capabilities of Web 2.0 are changing the worlds of celebrity fandom and gossip.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith Ashton Kutcher's record-breaking \"tweeting\" more famous than his films, and Perez Hilton actually getting more attention than Paris, the actress often covered in his blog, the worlds of celebrity celebration and online social networking are pushing the public's crush on the famous and infamous into overdrive. \u003ci\u003eCeleb 2.0: How Social Media Foster Our Fascination with Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e explores this phenomenon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCeleb 2.0\u003c\/i\u003e looks at how blogs, video sharing sites, user-news sites, social networks, and message boards are fueling America's already voracious consumption of pop culture. Full of fascinating insights and interviews, the book looks at how celebrities use blogs, Twitter, and other tools, how YouTube and other sites create celebrity, how Web 2.0 shortens the distance between fans and stars, and how the new social media influences news reporting and series television.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelli Burns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313356882\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313356889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.54h x 6.56w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010 pg. 245","brand":"Kelli Burns","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47001148915967,"sku":"9780313356889","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_309af3ac-1363-4c39-9219-d8434ab278e6.jpg?v=1751600208","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/celeb-20-kelli-burns-9780313356889","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}