[ecrea] Big Brother R.I.P: 10 years of celebrity production

>BIG BROTHER RIP: 10 years of celebrity production
>
>The journal Celebrity Studies seeks 1,000 word 
>articles on the end of Big Brother for a special 
>issue of its â¬ÜCelebrity Forumâ¬" section:
>
>After 10 seasons, the UK version of Big Brother 
>ended in September 2010.  The series has 
>generated a range of academic scholarship which 
>has interrogated genre and programme form, 
>documentary truths, the construction of the 
>real, audience participation, dumbing down, the 
>role of Channel 4, public service broadcasting, 
>the performance of the self, and the formation of celebrity.
>
>No doubt not the first or last call for papers 
>on the seriesâ¬" end, this special issue of 
>Celebrity Forum solicits entries that reflect on 
>the role the format and UK series has played in 
>our understanding of modern fame.
>
>This special issue seeks pithy, polemic and 
>original takes on Big Brotherâ¬"s role in 
>contemporary celebrity culture: its economics, 
>aesthetics, audiences and supposed democratisation or exploitation of fame.
>
>Please send 150 word abstracts with a 50 word 
>biography to (j.bennett /at/ londonmet.ac.uk). Final 
>articles must be no more than 1,000 words including references.
>
>
>Key Dates:
>Abstracts due: 18th October 2010
>1st draft deadline: 10th December 2010
>Final Versions: 1st Feb 2011
>
>
>
>For further information about the journal and to 
>view an online sample copy, please visit www.tandf.co.uk/journals/rcel
>

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