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Sabino, Lauren. Booty Calls, Rage, and Racialized/Sexualized Subjects. TMZ's Coverage
of Rihanna and Chris Brown. Master of Arts (Communication Studies), August 2011, 140 pp.,
182 titles.
Internet-based celebrity gossip blog site, TMZ, is a growing cultural force. Employing
critical rhetorical analytics, the author examines the TMZ coverage of Chris Brown's assault on
his then-girlfriend, Rihanna. This project explicates TMZ's enthymematic invocation of
dominant cultural ideologies surrounding race, sex, and domestic violence. Chapter 1
demonstrates the theoretical importance of both celebrities and gossip blogs, signaling the
ideological importance of each. Chapter 2 critiques TMZ's reliance on historic myths regarding
sex and race in their reporting on this case. Chapter 3 analyzes TMZ's humorous and affective
strategies that bolster broader investments in colorblind ideologies. Chapter 4 concludes by
examining the interplay of formal rhetorical elements that inform the project's findings. This
research reveals that TMZ utilizes affective, enthymematic strategies that camouflage broader
racist and sexist ideological impulses that perpetuate domestic violence myths.
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Sabino, Lauren. Booty Calls, Rage, and Racialized/sexualized Subjects: Tmz's Coverage of Rihanna and Chris Brown, thesis, August 2011; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc177250/m1/2/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .