Citations:celetoid

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English citations of celetoid

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  • 2001 — Chris Rojek, Celebrity, Reaktion Books (2001), →ISBN, page 20:
    I propose celetoid as the term for any form of compressed, concentrated, attributed celebrity. I distinguish celetoids from celebrities because, generally, the latter enjoy a more durable career with the public.
  • 2004 — Chris Rojek, Frank Sinatra, Polity Press (2004), →ISBN, page 1:
    Audiences clearly differentiate between types of celebrity and can tell a celetoid (a one-minute wonder) from a person of enduring fame.
  • 2009 — Stefan R. Landsberger, "Harmony, Olympic Manners and Morals—Chinese Television and the 'New Propaganda' of Public Service Advertising", European Journal of East Asian Studies, Volume 8, Number 2, Autumn 2009, page 346:
    Li Yuchun, winner of the 2005 television hit program "Mongolian Cow Sour Milk Super Voice Girl Competition" (Chaoji niisheng), broadcast by Hunan Satellite Television and sponsored exclusively by the giant Mengniu Dairy Company, evolved from a 'celetoid' into a popular singer.
  • 2010 — Christopher E. Bell, American Idolatry: Celebrity, Commodity and Reality Television, McFarland & Company Inc. (2010), →ISBN, page 107:
    Each contestant performs ritualized duties of the well-known — the autograph signings, parades, receiving the key to the city — as well as displaying access to certain celebrity privileges (private jets, limousines, police escorts, parades) that demonstrate his/her position along the celetoid/Celebrity continuum.
  • 2010 — Richie Wilcox, "My Life as a Celetoid: Reflections on Canadian Idol", Canadian Theatre Review, 29 January 2010:
    A celetoid is only allowed so much time in the spotlight. Of course, just when you think your life as a celetoid has passed, you end up writing an article about your experience six years later, or you sing a song for a friend at a wedding.
  • 2010 — Barry King, "Stardom, Celebrity, and the Money Form", The Velvet Light Trap, 22 March 2010:
    But such "celetoids" must be distinguished from celebrities proper who make a career out of performing themselves.
  • 2011 — Frances Bonner, Personality Presenters: Television's Intermediaries with Viewers, Ashgate (2011), →ISBN, page 50:
    British Big Brother contestant Jane Goody is another who achieved celetoid fame which was extended, as Lawler's was, through the shift from ordinary competitor to contestant on celebrity relaity shows.