Samita Nandy
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Samita Nandy is a Canadian sociologist. She has been awarded a Doctorate in celebrity culture from the Department of Media and Information at Curtin University, Australia.{{cite web|url=https://cmc-centre.academia.edu/SamitaNandy|title=Dr Samita Nandy|publisher=Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies|access-date=September 23, 2018}}
Career
Nandy's work explores celebrity and how it and on-line media impact cultural perceptions{{sfn|Alexander|Bronk|2018|p=97}} and has included research into why people feel aggrieved about the death of celebrities.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7xxj7e/why-your-grief-over-a-celebritys-death-feels-so-real|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902022256/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7xxj7e/why-your-grief-over-a-celebritys-death-feels-so-real|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 2, 2017|title=Why Your Grief Over A Celebrity's Death Feels So Real|magazine=Vice|date=September 1, 2017|access-date=September 23, 2018}} Her PhD dissertation, "Celebrities in Canada: fame and national identity" is archived in the National Library of Australia.{{Cite thesis|last=Nandy|first=Samita|title=Celebrities in Canada: fame and national identity|date=2012|degree=Sociology|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/189187437|language=English}} She has said that a popular music artist's back catalogue sales increase substantially after their death, because fans treat their work as a piece of immortality.{{cite news|url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/heres-scientific-reason-youre-reaching-aretha-franklin-music-right-now-172218489.html?guccounter=1|title=Here's the scientific reason you're reaching for Aretha Franklin music right now|work=Yahoo Entertainment|date=August 16, 2018|access-date=September 23, 2018}} She has taught at Curtin University in Australia, and Canada's Ryerson University and the University of Toronto. She founded the Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies.{{sfn|Alexander|Bronk|2018|p=viii}} She has attempted to study the rise of social media, in particular the role Twitter has played in Justin Bieber's popularity.{{sfn|Alexander|Bronk|2018|p=14}}
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- {{cite book |last1=Alexander |first1=Jade |last2=Bronk |first2=Katarzyna |title=(Extra)Ordinary?: The Concept of Authenticity in Celebrity and Fan Studies |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=imdjDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA97 |year=2018 |publisher=Brill Publishers |location=Leiden, The Netherlands |isbn=978-90-04-36695-4}}
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External links
- {{official website|www.samitanandy.com}}
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