‘We look after our own’: The cultural dynamics of celebrity in a small country

Unlike the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia, where celebrities are often subjected to derision in the tabloid media, the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly, the country’s longest-running women’s magazine, respects and values its local celebrities. A content analysis of cover lines on the maga...

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Autores principales: Lyn Barnes, Jeremy Olds
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a7ca7e7b1ba54dd59a9733d5d236c1e42021-12-02T11:51:18Z‘We look after our own’: The cultural dynamics of celebrity in a small country10.24135/pjr.v19i2.2191023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/a7ca7e7b1ba54dd59a9733d5d236c1e42013-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/219https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035Unlike the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia, where celebrities are often subjected to derision in the tabloid media, the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly, the country’s longest-running women’s magazine, respects and values its local celebrities. A content analysis of cover lines on the magazine over the past eight decades reveals that although the magazine has adhered to a steadfast formula of celebrating mothers and wives, there has been a steady shift to a focus on the love lives and scandals of foreign celebrities. More recently, however, the magazine has turned its attention to well-known New Zealanders and developed its own brand of celebrity news.Lyn BarnesJeremy OldsAsia Pacific NetworkarticleCelebrityContent analysisGossipNew ZealandNZ Woman's WeeklySensationalismCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 19, Iss 2 (2013)
institution DOAJ
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language EN
topic Celebrity
Content analysis
Gossip
New Zealand
NZ Woman's Weekly
Sensationalism
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
spellingShingle Celebrity
Content analysis
Gossip
New Zealand
NZ Woman's Weekly
Sensationalism
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
Lyn Barnes
Jeremy Olds
‘We look after our own’: The cultural dynamics of celebrity in a small country
description Unlike the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia, where celebrities are often subjected to derision in the tabloid media, the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly, the country’s longest-running women’s magazine, respects and values its local celebrities. A content analysis of cover lines on the magazine over the past eight decades reveals that although the magazine has adhered to a steadfast formula of celebrating mothers and wives, there has been a steady shift to a focus on the love lives and scandals of foreign celebrities. More recently, however, the magazine has turned its attention to well-known New Zealanders and developed its own brand of celebrity news.
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