Olivier Driessens

Olivier Driessens

Tenure Track Assistant Professor


  1. Published

    Celebrity capital: Redefining celebrity using field theory

    Driessens, Olivier, Sep 2013, In: Theory and Society. 42, 5, p. 543-560 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Celebrity in the age of global communication networks

    Driessens, Olivier, 2018, Routledge Handbook of Celebrity Studies. Elliott, A. (ed.). London: Routledge, p. 245-254 10 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Van celebrity en politiek naar celebritypolitiek: Een macrosociologische analyse van de veranderende rol van bekendheid in de Belgische politiek

    Driessens, Olivier, 2015, Media, Democratie en Identiteit . Biltereyst, D., Van Bauwel, S. & Joye, S. (eds.). Gent: Academia Press, p. 233-249

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    The X-factor of charity: A critical analysis of celebrities' involvement in the 2010 Flemish and Dutch Haiti relief shows

    Driessens, Olivier, Joye, S. & Biltereyst, D., Sep 2012, In: Media, Culture and Society. 34, 6, p. 709-725 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Expanding celebrity studies’ research agenda: theoretical opportunities and methodological challenges in interviewing celebrities

    Driessens, Olivier, 3 Apr 2015, In: Celebrity Studies. 6, 2, p. 192-205 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Celebrity and celetoid

    Driessens, Olivier, 23 Apr 2021, The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Ritzer, G. & Rojek, C. (eds.). 2nd ed.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingEncyclopedia chapterResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    The Democratization of Celebrity: Mediatization, Promotion, and the Body

    Driessens, Olivier, 30 Oct 2015, A Companion to Celebrity. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., p. 371-384 14 p. (A Companion to Celebrity).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Personalization according to politicians: A practice theoretical analysis of mediatization

    Driessens, Olivier, Raeymaeckers, K., Verstraeten, H. & Vandenbussche, S., Sep 2010, In: Communications. 35, 3, p. 309-326 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    'Do (not) go to vote!' Media provocation explained

    Driessens, Olivier, Oct 2013, In: European Journal of Communication. 28, 5, p. 556-569 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Dynamics of Mediatization: Institutional Change and Everyday Transformations in a Digital Age

    Driessens, Olivier (ed.), Bolin, G. (ed.), Hepp, A. (ed.) & Hjarvard, Stig (ed.), 5 Dec 2017, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. 338 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

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