National Conference on Ethical Issues and Indian Media
National Conference on Ethical Issues and Indian Media
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ati<strong>on</strong>al <str<strong>on</strong>g>C<strong>on</strong>ference</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Ethical</strong> <strong>Issues</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Indian</strong> <strong>Media</strong> <strong>on</strong> ovember 26, 27 2010Fan Clubs <strong>and</strong> Tamil Film StarsC.SadishkumarAssistant ProfessorDept. of Communicati<strong>on</strong>Dr.G.R.Damodaran College of ScienceCoimbatoreV.atarajanProfessor HeadDept of Journalism <strong>and</strong> Mass Communicati<strong>on</strong>Periyar UniversitySalemAbstractSome of the Tamil film stars are looked up<strong>on</strong> as gods by their fans. The implicati<strong>on</strong>s of this <strong>and</strong> the relati<strong>on</strong>ship between fan clubs <strong>and</strong>stars is explored in this paper.Dept. of Journalism <strong>and</strong> Mass Communicati<strong>on</strong>, Periyar University, Salem