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The Modern Celebrity As A Unique Form Of Stratification, Ronald Althouse

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

Social strata are horizontal layers of persons occupying positions with approximately equal access to social values of communities. Every society provides a unique arrangement of social strata with respect to one another. The modern mass society is no exception. Social positions of high rank resting on notoriety - the modern celebrity - are a foundation for prominence in a manner found nowhere else.