Fame and engagement on Instagram: celebrities and the convocation of public

Authors

  • Fernanda Faria Medeiros Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-677X.rum.2016.112293

Keywords:

Celebrity, public, convocation, Instagram.

Abstract

Focusing on the current context of Brazilian social networks, the intention of this work is to look at the anonymous representation possibilities through new forms of dialogue that manifest themselves among celebrities and ordinary. The article tries to articulate the concept of public (DEWEY, 2008) with the prospect of public constitution that form from the media performance (BABO-LANÇA, 2013) in order to analyze the onslaughts of representation by the celebrities, in his convocations of specific social groups. Therefore, we examined the virtual profiles of the singer Daniela Mercury and Emicida rapper.

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Author Biography

  • Fernanda Faria Medeiros, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil.
    PhD candidate at the PostGraduate Program in Communication of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil. medfernanda@gmail.com

References

BABO-LANÇA, Isabel. O acontecimento e os seus públicos. Comunicação e Sociedade, v. 23, p. 218-235, 2013.

DEWEY, John. The Collected Works of John Dewey, 1882-1953. Supplementary Volume 1: 1884-1951. Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 2008.

ROJEK, Chris. Celebridade. Trad. Talita M. Rodrigues. Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, 2008. SIMÕES, P. G.; FRANÇA, V. R. V. Celebridade: quando o privado atravessa o público (e vice- versa). Revista FAMECOS, v. 21. 2014. p. 1062-1081.

TURNER, G. Understanding Celebrity. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2004.

Published

2016-07-07

Issue

Section

Dossier

How to Cite

Fame and engagement on Instagram: celebrities and the convocation of public. RuMoRes, [S. l.], v. 10, n. 19, p. 158–173, 2016. DOI: 10.11606/issn.1982-677X.rum.2016.112293. Disponível em: https://www.revistas.usp.br/Rumores/article/view/112293.. Acesso em: 19 may. 2024.