Theorizing celebrity cultures: Thickenings of media cultures and the role of cultural (working) memory

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Theorizing celebrity cultures: Thickenings of media cultures and the role of cultural (working) memory. / Driessens, Olivier.

In: Communications, Vol. 39, No. 2, 2014, p. 109-127.

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Driessens, O 2014, 'Theorizing celebrity cultures: Thickenings of media cultures and the role of cultural (working) memory', Communications, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 109-127. https://doi.org/10.1515/commun-2014-0008

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Driessens, O. (2014). Theorizing celebrity cultures: Thickenings of media cultures and the role of cultural (working) memory. Communications, 39(2), 109-127. https://doi.org/10.1515/commun-2014-0008

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Driessens O. Theorizing celebrity cultures: Thickenings of media cultures and the role of cultural (working) memory. Communications. 2014;39(2):109-127. https://doi.org/10.1515/commun-2014-0008

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Driessens, Olivier. / Theorizing celebrity cultures: Thickenings of media cultures and the role of cultural (working) memory. In: Communications. 2014 ; Vol. 39, No. 2. pp. 109-127.

Bibtex

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