In purchasing iconic items previously owned by other celebrities, Kim Kardashian is negotiating her own place in the celebrity sphere.
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Balenciaga blamed the photographer for a now-pulled advert which featured sexually charged imagery of children – as an advertising expert, it’s hard to believe the furore wasn’t planned.
This is something that has been going on for hundreds of years.
Kim Kardashian wore Marilyn Monroe’s dress for five minutes at the Met Gala. That’s showbiz.
Important questions surrounding the praise over Kim Kardashian’s Skims are missing from mainstream conversations.
Is ‘social influencer’ a real job? It’s all about work-life balance.
There’s a psychological reason why it’s so hard to switch off from the Kardashians – they are master media manipulators.
Kim Kardashian West comes under fire for promoting an appetite-suppressing lollipop on social media.
Go Rihanna!
Images of attractive celebrities, friends and acquaintances on social media affect women’s body image and mood, new research shows. But what can we do about it?
Crime is declining, but people are getting more and more defensive about their homes.
Like many other advancements in communication technology, social media has a good, a bad and an ugly side when it comes to its relationship with crime, criminal justice and the law.
TV cameras will be coming to a court near you.
Glamour labor is a phenomenon of the digital age, which is radically changing the way we think about work, success and privacy.
There is some dismay at the idea of academic attention being paid to these celebrities.Here’s why it’s important.
Pharmaceutical companies can use prescription medication ads to mislead an unwitting public for the sake of profits. While Australia prohibits such ads, the laws don’t go far enough.
If Kim Kardashian is being peddled to us as both art and feminism, we – and she – are in really dire straits.
When 56-year-old Madonna posed topless for Interview magazine this month the public reaction was a stifled yawn. Her erotic exposé was the latest in a recent swathe of celebrities stripping off. In November…
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