Introduction: Celebrity Studies Coming of Age by Gaëlle Ouvrein, Ana Jorge, and Hilde Van den Bulck
Part I: Celebrity and Health
Chapter 1: Analyzing Digital Audiences: A Case Study of YouTuber Depression Videos by David C. Giles
Chapter 2: Vegan Influencers Providing Audience Safe Spaces? Exploring Two-Way Interactions and Reciprocity on Instagram by Paulien Decorte and Gaëlle Ouvrein
Part II: Celebrity and Identity
Chapter 3: Celebrity Activism as Discursive Representation: A Case Study of the Brazilian Singer Daniela Mercury and LGBTQ Rights in Brazil by Pedro Paixão-Rocha and Regiane Lucas Garcêz
Chapter 4: Commodifying the Biracial: Zendaya from Disney Childhood to HBO Adulthood by Samantha Tecson
Chapter 5: Audience Relations to African American Athletes’ Activism from a Diachronic, Media Ecology and Celebrity Apparatus Perspective: Tommie Smith, John Carlos and Colin Kaepernick by Alexander Jenkins and Hilde Van den Bulck
Part III: Celebrity and Scandal/Cancel Culture
Chapter 6: Bad Dreams Are Only Dreams, or Aren’t They? Examining How Dutch Fans of Marco Borsato Negotiate Their Fandom After His Cancellation by Simone Driessen
Chapter 7: How Networked Publics create a Sense of Community and Mobilization on Twitter: The Case of Supporting/Hating Johnny Depp versus Amber Heard by Gwen Bouvier and Qian Geng
Chapter 8: Celebrity-Priests and their Followers’ Online Communities: From Adoration to Condemnation by Mihai Coman
Conclusion: Toward a Multidimensional Framework for Analysing Audiences and their Relationships with Celebrities or Influencers by Olivier Driessens