Meeting Josh Groban (Again): Fan/Celebrity Contact as Ordinary Behavior

In a participant-observer ethnographic study, the researcher offers evidence from 10 years of observation of the Josh Groban fandom as an example of fans becoming friendly acquaintances of celebrities. Contrary to the way much of the psychological literature depicts fans, as celebrity worshippers or...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gayle Stever
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Association for the Study of Popular Music 2016-01-01
Series:IASPM Journal
Subjects:
fan
Online Access:https://iaspmjournal.net/index.php/IASPM_Journal/article/view/764/pdf