A cura di Antonella Mascio, Roy Menarini, Sara Pesce, Mario Tirino Mediascapes Journal V. 25 N. 1, 2025
Con contributi di:
Ylenia Caputo: "Eternal Youth. Gymnasts, Ageing and Body Narratives across Sport, Media and Post– Career Trajectories" Simona Castellano: "Is this already the “Box Box” era? The celebrity capital of Formula One stars at the end of their career. The Lewis Hamilton Case" Antonella Mascio: "Beckham. The rise and fall of celebrity in the Netflix docu-series" Sara Pesce: "Isabella Rossellini’s assertive marginality. A sustainable paradigm in contemporary ageing culture" Mario Tirino: "What Comes Next? Sports Celebrity as Influencer in the End-of-Career and Post-Career Phases: The Case of Gigi Datome"
This special issue of Mediascapes Journal explores the intersection of celebrity and ageing, focusing on audiovisual (film, TV, social media) and sports celebrities. It examines how ageing challenges the youth-centric ideals of celebrity culture, revealing social anxieties about body, time, and visibility. For screen stars, particularly women, ageing often leads to invisibility or stereotypical roles, reflecting gendered ageism, while male stars may gain cultural capital. Celebrities manage ageing through media performances emphasizing authenticity or resilience. In sports, ageing athletes face physical decline and shifting roles post-retirement, with media narratives often romanticizing them as symbols of endurance or nostalgia. Digital platforms allow ageing celebrities to challenge stereotypes, promoting active ageing, though often within neoliberal frameworks. The papers about celebrity and ageing included in this special issue engage with at least three disciplinary perspectives: Film Studies and the history of audiovisual media; Sociology of Communication and Culture; and Media Studies. The dialogue and interweaving of different approaches makes it possible to provide a rich, varied and complex picture of the various possibilities for investigating the relationship between contemporary celebrity forms and ageing processes.
The Sweetest Goal. Old Celebrities, Collective Memory and Nostalgia of the 90s and 2000s Italian Football in the Facebook Community “Serie A – Operazione Nostalgia”
Against All Common Sense. The Mediatized Legend of Juve Caserta between Basketball Epics, Aged Sports Celebrities, and Collective Memory in the Docu-Series Scugnizzi per sempre
Mario Tirino Università degli Studi di Salerno DOI: https://doi.org/10.6093/2532-6732/11189 Funes. Journal of Narratives and Social Sciences 2023 | Vol. 7 (I/II) | ISSN 2532-6732
Mario Tirino, Simona Castellano Università degli Studi di Salerno Abstract Book | 16th ESA Conference | Tension, Trust and Transformation | 27-30 August 2024 | Porto – Portugal