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    Formed in 1960 amid the rise of the counterculture of the century in Palo Alto‚ California‚ The Grateful Dead was one of the most illustrious American Rock bands of the century. Making #57 on Rolling Stone magazines “Greatest Artists of All Time” issue and being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame‚ the band is acclaimed for it’s unique and expansive style. Ranging from blues‚ reggae‚ country‚ jazz‚ folk‚ and rock‚ the band had music that was unheard of and has sold more than 35 million albums

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    Table of Figures Figure 1: Meaning Movement and the Endorsement Process Source: McCracken (1989)……………………………………………………………..11 Table of Contents 1 Introduction In todays society there is a heightened interest towards using celebrities to promote a particular product or brand and its positive effects are increasingly being recognized. Every year companies spend millions of dollars on endorsement contracts to align their brand and themselves with endorsers

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    what more would I ask for! Similarly‚ receiving invitations of thrilling parties‚ dressing well and looking pretty all the time were other good parts. I was also called role model by many people. Whenever I checked my phone‚ I could see my increasing fandom and people praising what I do. These factors were enough to make me continue working as a

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    Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies Vol. 24‚ No. 5‚ October 2010‚ 707–719 Transitional tastes: Teen girls and genre in the critical reception of Twilight Lisa Bode* School of English‚ Media Studies and Art History‚ University of Queensland‚ Brisbane‚ Australia Reviews of Twilight (2008)‚ Catherine Hardwicke’s enormously popular screen adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s teen vampire romance novel‚ reveal a focus on both the gender and age of the film’s audience. The teen‚ tween or

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    Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin once said‚ “You need power‚ only when you want to do something harmful. Otherwise‚ love is enough to get everything done.” This quote means that the things people do out of love for someone‚ is much stronger than the things that people do out of hate for that person. Through Charlie Chaplin’s many successful silent films he had entertained and brought joy to the people who watched them. When America was going through a hard time with the crash in the stock market‚

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    on 22 March‚ 2010 from http://blogcritics.org/music/article/is-popular-music-an-effective-vehicle/ 2) Bennett‚ Andy (2004): Remembering Woodstock. Ashgate 3) Grossberg‚ L. (1992): "Is There A Fan In The House?: The Affective Study Of Fandom" in L. Lewis‚ The Adoring Audience: Fan Culture and Popular Media. Routledge

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    Gail Simone first got attention for a list called “Women in Refrigerators”‚ which stood against demeaning plot schemes against women. Her intuitive ideas and considerable contributions to multimillion-dollar entertainment companies such as Marvel and DC comics are attributed to her film studies in college and of course - shear talent. According to DC Comics‚ she also became well known for a popular humor column called “You’ll Be Sorry” which was featured on Comic Book Resources. Soon after she got

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    Sports and Character

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    Jonathan Lee Prof. Keel English 100 01 August 2012 Character can mean moral or ethical strength; or more simply‚ who one is when no one watching. The word character implies an unavoidable scenario for every individual; should one do the right thing or the wrong thing? In the world of sports‚ we see respected athletes not only acquiring fame and wealth‚ but influencing things like racial and gender equality. Yet‚ we also see on television what happens when athletes are dishonest; they

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    Spear's Space

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    Spears’ Space: The Play of Innocence and Experience in the Bare-Midriff Fashion DENNIS HALL where in evidence: on the street; in restaurants and theaters; at tourist attractions in the classroom‚ on the floor of dance clubs; at parties big and small‚ public and private; possibly even at work; as a run of Cathy Guisewite comic strips suggest. Indeed‚ this fashion motif is so common as to have become almost unremarkable. Only the truly cloistered have yet to see young women—or pictures of them in

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    Harry Potter

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    something of an angst filled teenager‚ hissing at sunlight. It is considered the HOLY BOOK for the Young Adults Fantasy. On Tumblr‚ fanfiction‚ Facebook‚ twitter‚ pinterest‚ instagram and any other social media‚ it is littered with their quotes and their fandom. It is heavily based on Fantasy‚ but it contains aspects of thriller‚ adventure and romance. As I’ve mentioned before‚ it is written by J.K Rowling‚ who is somewhat known as the GODDESS. People hail and bow down at her feet (well‚ not much anymore

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