... it is to say that fans are passive and "entirely convinced by media artifice". An analysis of a site dedicated to the film star Ryan Phillippe, created by a fan, as well as references to others fan sites such those dedicated to James Dean will be used to help achieve this. The argument Ruddock has given in the question to this essay is a fairly strong one, and has ... using elements from both a real production from these media figures (the movie), as well as demonstrating knowledge of the star system (the agent, the press) illustrates the way the fan actually is aware of what is real an...

• Word Count: 1821
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School