This book offers a substantive look at the intersection of celebrity fan culture in an era of new media. With the emergence in the 1990s of a Web 2.0 24-hour participatory culture, Neil M. Alperstein details how the nature of social connection to media has intensified between the individual and celebrity. Alperstein argues that celebrities may model behavior that impacts how individuals manage their own identities and learn how to operate in their own social world. The book illustrates how new mobile technologies and content delivery systems – such as Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter – have brought about changes in the ways we relate to celebrities and others. As individuals redefine what it means to be a friend, including the possibility of achieving a personal connection to a celebrity, what may be referred to as the possibility of interaction evolves. Alperstein notes how social media require a higher level of disclosure on the part of the celebrity and others who choose to participate in the attention economy, creating tensions between intimacy and authenticity.weiterlesen