{"id":490,"date":"2023-02-06T16:10:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T16:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/?p=490"},"modified":"2026-03-30T16:30:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T16:30:57","slug":"dr-claire-king-discusses-celebrity-culture-with-cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/2023\/02\/06\/dr-claire-king-discusses-celebrity-culture-with-cnn\/","title":{"rendered":"Claire Sisco King discusses celebrity culture with CNN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Claire Sisco King discussed celebrity culture and parasocial relationships with CNN. King focused on widely-regarded \u201cnice\u201d stars such as Dolly Parton and Tom Hanks.<\/p>\n<p>CNN reports:<\/p>\n<p>These \u201csweethearts\u201d become symbols in American pop culture. We turn to them for inspiration, moral guidance, reliable entertainment and even solace, said Claire Sisco King, an associate professor of communication studies at Vanderbilt University who studies celebrity culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really difficult stuff that people experience every day\u2014political divisiveness, concern about the future of the planet and the potential extinction of human life,\u201d Sisco King told CNN. \u201cSo the idea that someone who\u2019s famous could be really nice gives people a sense of hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can read the entire story here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amp.cnn.com\/cnn\/2023\/02\/05\/entertainment\/american-sweetheart-celebrities-dolly-parton-tom-hanks-cec\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cHow stars like Dolly Parton and Tom Hanks became American sweethearts.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Claire Sisco King discussed celebrity culture and parasocial relationships with CNN. King focused on widely-regarded \u201cnice\u201d stars such as Dolly Parton and Tom Hanks. CNN reports: These \u201csweethearts\u201d become symbols in American pop culture. We turn to them for inspiration, moral guidance, reliable entertainment and even solace, said Claire Sisco King, an associate professor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":71,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13,3],"tags":[5],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/03\/22140338\/Spotlight-Profile-King-1.1.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":607,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions\/607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/communication-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}