Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Title

Celebrity Studies

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

School

School of Business and Law / Markets and Services Research Centre (MASRC)

RAS ID

28919

Funders

China Scholarship Council

Comments

Xu, M., Reijnders, S., & Kim, S. (2021). ‘Mingren are the respectable ones’: An analysis of everyday engagements with contemporary celebrity culture in China. Celebrity Studies, 12(1), 84-101. https://doi.org/10.1080/19392397.2019.1611461

Abstract

To investigate the values and social norms underpinning celebrity culture, it is crucial to study everyday uses of celebrity culture. Yet, studies in this area have been limited thus far, especially in non-Western contexts. This exploratory study focuses on the ways how young and middle-aged adults in everyday life in urban China discuss and value media celebrities. The results show that respondents have a rather similar way of valuing celebrity: celebrities need to have strong work ethics and showcase social responsibility; only then do they ‘earn’ their right to be considered ‘famous’. We conclude that these values are closely related to the current socio-cultural situation of China’s social transformation and echo the value system promoted by the Chinese government.

DOI

10.1080/19392397.2019.1611461

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Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

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