Audience Interactions in Contemporary Celebrity Culture

Gaëlle Ouvrein is assistant professor in the Department of Communication Sciences at the University of Brussels.Ana Jorge is associate professor of media and communications at Lusófona University.Hilde Van den Bulck is professor of communication studies at Drexel University.

• Introduction: Celebrity Studies Coming of Age by Gaëlle Ouvrein, Ana Jorge, and Hilde Van den BulckPart I: Celebrity and HealthChapter 1: Analyzing Digital Audiences: A Case Study of YouTuber Depression Videos by David C. GilesChapter 2: Vegan Influencers Providing Audience Safe Spaces? Exploring Two-Way Interactions and Reciprocity on Instagram by Paulien Decorte and Gaëlle OuvreinPart II: Celebrity and IdentityChapter 3: Celebrity Activism as Discursive Representation: A Case Study of the Brazilian Singer Daniela Mercury and LGBTQ Rights in Brazil by Pedro Paixão-Rocha and Regiane Lucas GarcêzChapter 4: Commodifying the Biracial: Zendaya from Disney Childhood to HBO Adulthood by Samantha TecsonChapter 5: Audience Relations to African American Athletes’ Activism from a Diachronic, Media Ecology and Celebrity Apparatus Perspective: Tommie Smith, John Carlos and Colin Kaepernick by Alexander Jenkins and Hilde Van den BulckPart III: Celebrity and Scandal/Cancel CultureChapter 6: Bad Dreams Are Only Dreams, or Aren’t They? Examining How Dutch Fans of Marco Borsato Negotiate Their Fandom After His Cancellation by Simone DriessenChapter 7: How Networked Publics create a Sense of Community and Mobilization on Twitter: The Case of Supporting/Hating Johnny Depp versus Amber Heard by Gwen Bouvier and Qian GengChapter 8: Celebrity-Priests and their Followers’ Online Communities: From Adoration to Condemnation by Mihai ComanConclusion: Toward a Multidimensional Framework for Analysing Audiences and their Relationships with Celebrities or Influencers by Olivier Driessens