We had an exciting list of Plenary Speakers for the conference:
Buying Beyonce: The deal that ended racism
Ellis Cashmore, Staffordshire University, UK�
Through the Media Lens:
The Fall and Rise and Fall of the Hero and the Rise of the Celebrity
Gary Gumpert and Susan Drucker
Queens College, City University of New York and Hofstra University, USA�
Contemporary Stardom as a derivative money form.
Barry King, School of Communications
Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand�
The Changing Indiscretions of the Public Personality:
New Media, Celebrity and Intellectual Property
P. David Marshall, Northeastern University, Boston, USA�
Celebrity Entertainment Officer:
On the Fame of Media Moguls and the Show of Business
Paul McDonald, Roehampton University, UK�
Postfeminism, The Missing Woman and the Culture of Celebrity: Tracking the ‘Runaway Bride’
Diane Negra, Film and Television Studies, University of East Anglia, UK�
News, Celebrity and the Jackson verdict: a vortextual analysis
Garry Whannel, University of Luton, UK�
