<div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">On behalf of the Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) board, I am pleased to announce that the July 2015 edition of <i>Celebrity Culture and Social Inquiry</i> has been published.  <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">We are also thrilled to announce that the edited book <em>Bridging Gaps: Higher Education, Media and Society </em>is now available. This book contains chapters authored by selected delegates at the inaugural CMCS international conference series that was held in Toronto in May. Published by WaterHill Publishing, the book includes Stephanie Patrick’s chapter on celebrity public relations and journalism that received the  best paper award at the conference.<br></span></span></span></font></font></div><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><u><span style="line-height:115%">Highlights of the July 2015 issue include</span></u><span style="line-height:115%">:</span></font></font></p><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font><ul style="list-style-type:disc;direction:ltr"><li style="font-style:normal"><p style="font-style:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><em><span style="line-height:115%"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Bridging Gaps: Higher Education, Media and Society</font></span></em><span style="line-height:115%"><br><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Robert Caine, Hilary Wheaton and Louis Massey (eds.)</font></span><span style="line-height:115%"><br><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bridging-Gaps-Higher-Education-Society/dp/0993993818" target="_blank"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">http://www.amazon.com/Bridging-Gaps-Higher-Education-Society/dp/0993993818</font></a></span></p></li></ul><ul style="list-style-type:disc;direction:ltr"><li style="font-style:normal"><p style="font-style:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><em><span style="line-height:115%"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Public and Private in Mobile Communications</font></span></em><span style="line-height:115%"><br><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> José Ricardo Carvalheiro &amp; Ana Serrano Tellería (eds.)</font></span><span style="line-height:115%"><br><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font><a href="http://www.livroslabcom.ubi.pt/book/141#sthash.kPqeiBgf.dpuf" target="_blank"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">http://www.livroslabcom.ubi.pt/book/141#sthash.kPqeiBgf.dpuf</font></a><br><br></span></p></li><li style="font-style:normal"><p style="font-style:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><em><span style="line-height:115%"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Celebrity Studies Questions and Answers</font></span></em><span style="line-height:115%"><br><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font><a href="http://explore.tandfonline.com/page/ah/rcel-celebrity-studies-qa" target="_blank"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">http://explore.tandfonline.com/page/ah/rcel-celebrity-studies-qa</font></a><br><br></span></p></li><li style="font-style:normal"><p style="font-style:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><em><span style="line-height:115%"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">3rd International Celebrity Studies Conference: Authenticating Celebrity<br></font></span></em><em><span style="line-height:115%"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font></span></em></p></li><li style="font-style:normal"><p style="font-style:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><em><span style="line-height:115%"><font color="#000000">Stardom and Celebrity of David Bowie</font></span></em><span style="line-height:115%"><font color="#000000"> symposium<br><br></font></span></font></p></li><li style="font-style:normal"><p style="font-style:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><em><span style="line-height:115%"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">International Journal of Cultural Studies - Celebrities and Advocacy<br><br></font></span></em></p></li><li style="font-style:normal"><p style="font-style:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:10pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><em><span style="line-height:115%">Porn Studies</span></em><span style="line-height:115%"> <em>Special Issue: Inside Gonzo Porn </em></span></font></font></p></li></ul><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="line-height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