Millions of people follow celebrity culture sites, social media accounts, and gossip threads or forums. How did celebrity news become the billion-dollar machine it is today? We speak with two media experts about humans’ evolutionary draw to gossip and the pros and cons of partaking in this form of entertainment.
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- Sharon Marcus, professor, English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
- Frank McAndrew, professor, psychology, Knox College.
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