May 2011
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A case study of celebrity: @ElderRon and the TOWIE...
The term celebrity is commonplace. People refer to themselves as a celebrity and others connote celebrity status with well-known or revered individuals; but what defines a celebrity? Here I will examine the notion of the term and apply these ideas to the Twitter user @ElderRon and a pig.
The dictionary definition of the term celebrity is as follows: “the state of being well known”.
To some, the...