“We Don’t Need Another Hero!” the Importance of Celebrities in the Post-truth Era

Abstract

We don't need another hero!" the importanCe oF Celebrities in the post-truth era dan podjed The article presents and compares the rise of two self-made politicians, Donald Trump in the US and Ivan Kramberger of Slovenia. Their presidential candidacies were based of their fame and fortune, rather than on the basis of their political experience. The author notes that the self-promotion strategies, utilised by Trump and Kramberger, are not used only politicians, but also by other outstanding individuals who take care of their own popularity with pseudo-events, spread through the media and online networks.

Narratives About Work in Croatian Celebrity Culture

“…Even if we should disagree with Ellis Cashmore's provocative statement that "celebrities are the least important element in celebrity culture" (Cashmore 2006: 1), or should not consider his position on this culture in a broader sense entirely well-founded, we shall for the purpose of this paper nevertheless look beyond the phenomenon of celebrity, drawing on Cashmore's idea of "celebrity culture" as having the paramount conceptual importance 3 In this frame it is necessary to mention authors from Hungary, Slovenia, and Serbia, dealing with: heroes and celebrities typology (Povedak 2014), with bubble celebrities (Podjed 2014(Podjed , 2016, and with "marginal people" (Čolović 2014). as a framework, i.e., refer to its footholds and roots (see Driesens 2014).…”

Zadnje desetletje od sedmih (1951/2011–2021): Inštitut za slovensko narodopisje v še enem desetletju izzivov

“…= Traditiones 45 (1), 2016;Podjed, 2016; Jezernik, Slavec Gradišnik, 2019. 48 Dediščina prve svetovne vojne.…”