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Special issue of Celebrity Studies Audiences for Celebrity Edited by Martin Barker, Su Holmes and Sarah Ralph The study of audiences for celebrities and stars has developed spasmodically. Apart from important early studies by Stacey (1994) and Kuhn (2002), and from a different angle Gamson (1994) Barbas (2001) and Allen and Mendick (2012), and a variety of marketing-derived studies, there has been only a scatter of works concretely addressing how distinct audiences engage with celebrities, and how those engagements become meaningful within their broader lives. For this Special Issue we hope to gather essays embodying a range of kinds of research in both audience and reception studies traditions. We invite proposals for papers to appear in a special issue of Celebrity Studies exploring how audiences engage (positively or negatively) with celebrity figures and culture. Proposals may address (but are not limited to) the following topics: * Studies of audiences for particular stars/ celebrities (from a range of different media forms, including film, TV, popular music, literature, sport, internet, social media, theatre, opera etc...) * Studies of online fan cultures, or users of a particular media form * Historical/ archival studies of audience engagements with celebrities/ stars * Discussions of methodological issues in the study of celebrity/ star audiences * Studies of celebrity/ star controversies or spectacular moments and audience responses Please submit an extended abstract of 500 words (outlining the topic, methods, audience or reception materials used, and contribution to Celebrity Studies and Audience Studies) to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, by Friday 1st November. Please also include a brief biographical note of 4-5 lines. We plan to complete evaluation of abstracts by the end of November. Those accepted will be asked to submit completed essays, to a maximum of 8,000 words, by the end of June 2014. Dr Sarah Ralph Postdoctoral Research Associate Make Me Laugh Research Project School of Film, Television and Media Studies University of East Anglia Norwich Research Park Norwich NR4 7TJ Tel: +44 (0) 1603 593801 www.makemelaugh.org.uk -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. Membership is open to all who teach and research these subjects in HE institutions, via either institutional or individual membership. The field includes film and TV production, journalism, radio, photography, creative writing, publishing, interactive media and the web; and it includes higher education for media practice as well as for media studies. This mailing list is a free service from MeCCSA and is not restricted to members. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------