CRIM3602 Study Guide - Final Guide: Othon Friesz, Awkwafina, Webcam
1 Dec 2018
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According to rojek (cited in van krieken, celebrity society) the term celetoid refers to any form of compressed, concentrated or attributed celebrity. Senft (2015) argued that self-projection practises using mediums like youtube and webcam constitute a particular kind of celebrity production that allows people to amp up their popularity. For example an actor in the recent television series crazy rich asians, awkwafina gained internet sensation with her music video my vag and her own web-series called tawk before gaining a high profile role as an actor. Socially-mediated interaction has enabled the construction of very large audiences at high speed, but has created large numbers of localised or smaller-scale celebrities for niche audiences. Friesz an instagram celebrity has over 31,496 followers which multiple fan pages (marwick, Rather then using social media to gain fame through interaction, her ability to attract attention with her photographs is enough to make her noticeable; she is famous for being famous.
