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Introduction: The Mirror of Idols and Celebrity

  • Galbraith P
  • Karlin J
Palgrave Macmillan UK, (2012), 1-32
DOI: 10.1057/9781137283788_1
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On 9 June 2011, news of nuclear contamination in earthquake-stricken Japan took a backseat to the AKB48 General Election in the mass media. The third election of its kind for the all-girl idol group formed in 2005, it was a massive promotion and marketing blitz. In...

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Galbraith, P. W., & Karlin, J. G. (2012). Introduction: The Mirror of Idols and Celebrity. In Idols and Celebrity in Japanese Media Culture (pp. 1–32). Palgrave Macmillan UK. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137283788_1

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