Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Communications - Mass Media; grade: 1;0; University of Oslo (University of Oslo; Institutt for medier og kommunikasjon); course: MEVIT 4130 ndash; Mediatized Stories: Self-representations in digital storytelling ; 11 entries in the bibliography; language: English; abstract: Nowadays almost every celebrity has his own homepage containing more or less information about him as a private person. Once being established in the media; a webpage can reinforce oneselfrsquo;s popularity among the online community. Surely can there be assumed that this digital representation of themselves is located somewhere between PR and privacy.Due to celebritiesrsquo; extraordinary status in society; it may be an interesting question in what way they still can be considered as a private person. As Tolson holds; there is ldquo;a quest for an authentic mediated identity todayrdquo; (Tolson 2001: 456) what; referred to celebrities; could be realised through effective external communication in form of web pages. In this regard; this term paper will aim to figure out to which extent these kinds of digital self-representations can be considered as ldquo;authenticrdquo; towards illustrating something really personal or private. What kind of identity(-construction) can there be seen behind the mask of being someone famous and to what extent can one call the presented material about the self ldquo;authenticrdquo;? Furthermore; what are the consequences for celebrities regarding either presenting themselves too much as business people or private persons?
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