Making and Selling the “Rock Star Pope”: The Celebritization of Pope Francis during His Five-Day Visit to the Philippines

This paper is an attempt to provide an analysis of the celebritization and celebrification of Pope Francis when he visited the Philippines from January 15 to 19, 2015. Employing the analytic concept of “culture industry” developed by the members of the Frankfurt School, and combining it with the cur...

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Main Author: Gerry M. Lanuza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Philippines 2017-12-01
Series:Humanities Diliman
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Online Access:http://www.journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/humanitiesdiliman/article/view/5566