A2 Unit 4 The Person - Celebrity

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Sites
Site A: The Person
Body Modification
Celebrity (2010-2011)

Site B: Cultural Practice
Cinema-going
Holiday

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Student Guide - how to go about writing your coursework

What is a celebrity?

A celebrity is a person in a society who is famous or known by the widest number of people in that society. In a media society, fame is usually generated by the media. However, sometimes people can become famous even though they don't go into the media.

Generally the word 'celebrity' is associated with the celebrated.

Coursework Titles

1. How celebrities make objects and places desirable.
2. Celebrities and fictions.
3. ‘What’s in it for me?’: our preoccupation with celebrity.
4. Images of celebrity and how we read them.
5. ‘When will I be famous?’- ordinary people and celebrity.
6. ‘We’re all celebrities now’.

There is a very useful module on Celebrity and the Media on the Open University site - some good readings and questions to answer - have a look by clicking on the link.

Chapter on Celebrity by Peter Bennett, Chief Examiner
Activities and essay by Michael Jackson

Jade Goody - a life in 10 headlines Britain's first reality show millionaire, Jade Goody, who died on Mother's Day 2009, shot to fame in Big Brother seven years ago. Thereafter she was a constant presence on front pages, in gossip columns and, yes, on more reality shows. But her time in the spotlight had ups and downs.