ATS1060 Celebrities, Influencers and Promotion
The Complete Study & Assessment Guide · S 2, 2026ATS1060 Overview
- Monash University
- Semester 2, 2026
- Undergraduate
- 6 credit points
Public visibility becomes the object of study in ATS1060, not a shortcut to private personality.
- Assessment Worksheets 10%; video essay/exegesis 35%; celebrity case study 45%; participation 10%.
- Analytical object Treat celebrity as mediated persona, industry and audience relation.
- Evidence route Text/persona → industry/platform → promotion → audience/labour → claim.
- Offering Semester 2, 2026 · Monash · 6 credit points.
What you get in the full ATS1060 Study & Assessment Guide
- 7 chapters, 21 pages — every assessed topic
- 10 original practice questions
- 7 worked examples, solved the way ATS1060 marks
- 19 computed figures, redrawn from the course’s own numbers
- Before-you-submit checklist for the Celebrity case study (45%) — what markers reward, what costs marks
Free on this page: assessment table, chapter map, one worked example, key terms, FAQ. The rest is in the full study & assessment guide.
How ATS1060 is assessed
| Component | Weight | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly Moodle practical worksheets | 10% | Ten online lessons |
| Screen Stars Dictionary video essay and exegesis | 35% | Individual; Week 5 |
| Celebrity case study | 45% | Individual; Week 12 |
| Tutorial preparation and participation | 10% | Across the semester |
Current task-level Moodle statements and the official 2026 Handbook total 100%. Conflicting outer accordion labels are not used.
What other students are asking about ATS1060
- Where can I find lecture notes or study guides for ATS1060 at Monash?
- The ATS1060 study guide in AskSia Library covers Celebrities, Influencers and Promotion in 7 chapters, with the assessment table, a chapter-by-chapter topic map, key terms and a worked example, free to read on this page.
- Is there a final exam in ATS1060?
- No final exam is listed in the offering this AskSia Library guide is built from; ATS1060 is assessed by Weekly Moodle practical worksheets 10%, Screen Stars Dictionary video essay and exegesis 35%, Celebrity case study 45%, Tutorial preparation and participation 10%.
- What does ATS1060 cover on persona, star image and screen performance?
- In AskSia Library's ATS1060 guide, the Persona, Star Image and Screen Performance chapter explains persona · star image · performance.
- What does ATS1060 cover on publicity, pr and celebrity journalism?
- In AskSia Library's ATS1060 guide, the Publicity, PR and Celebrity Journalism chapter explains publicity · public relations · celebrity journalism.
- What does ATS1060 cover on hollywood star system and historical change?
- In AskSia Library's ATS1060 guide, the Hollywood Star System and Historical Change chapter explains star system · studio control · historical specificity.
What ATS1060 covers
The path runs from Stardom, Celebrity and Promotional Culture through Hollywood Star System and Historical Change to Celebrity AI, Synthetic Persona and Critical Case Analysis.
Stardom, Celebrity and Promotional Culture
celebrity · stardom · promotional cultureStardom, Celebrity and Promotional Culture enables students to explain celebrity as an industrial and cultural relation rather than an intrinsic personal quality.
- celebrity
- stardom
- promotional culture
- explain celebrity as an industrial and cultural relation rather than an intrinsic personal quality
- Visibility alone does not explain celebrity; analysis must show how meaning and value are organised around it.
Persona, Star Image and Screen Performance
persona · star image · performancePersona, Star Image and Screen Performance enables students to analyse the public persona across roles, publicity, private-life discourse and performance conventions.
- persona
- star image
- performance
- analyse the public persona across roles, publicity, private-life discourse and performance conventions
- A persona is not direct access to the private person and should not be treated as psychological proof.
Publicity, PR and Celebrity Journalism
publicity · public relations · celebrity journalismPublicity, PR and Celebrity Journalism enables students to trace how controlled publicity, journalism and access negotiations construct public relevance.
- publicity
- public relations
- celebrity journalism
- trace how controlled publicity, journalism and access negotiations construct public relevance
- Promotional origin does not make every claim false, while journalistic form does not guarantee independence.
Hollywood Star System and Historical Change
star system · studio control · historical specificityHollywood Star System and Historical Change enables students to connect star-making practices to studio power, labour, technology and changing media institutions.
- star system
- studio control
- historical specificity
- connect star-making practices to studio power, labour, technology and changing media institutions
- Historical analogy is useful only when differences in labour, technology and institutional power remain visible.
Influencer Culture, Microcelebrity and Platform Labour
microcelebrity · platform labour · algorithmic visibilityInfluencer Culture, Microcelebrity and Platform Labour enables students to analyse self-branding, calibrated authenticity and labour under platform visibility systems.
- microcelebrity
- platform labour
- algorithmic visibility
- analyse self-branding, calibrated authenticity and labour under platform visibility systems
- Audience size cannot by itself establish income, influence, authenticity or control over platform conditions.
Brand Collaboration, Visibility and Promotional Risk
brand fit · sponsored content · visibility riskBrand Collaboration, Visibility and Promotional Risk enables students to evaluate endorsements as negotiated alignments among persona, brand, audience and regulatory expectations.
- brand fit
- sponsored content
- visibility risk
- evaluate endorsements as negotiated alignments among persona, brand, audience and regulatory expectations
- Disclosure makes a commercial relationship visible but does not establish truth, fit or ethical acceptability.
Celebrity AI, Synthetic Persona and Critical Case Analysis
synthetic persona · likeness rights · critical case studyCelebrity AI, Synthetic Persona and Critical Case Analysis enables students to analyse synthetic celebrity through authorship, labour, likeness, authenticity and governance.
- synthetic persona
- likeness rights
- critical case study
- analyse synthetic celebrity through authorship, labour, likeness, authenticity and governance
- Technical capability and contractual permission do not settle every question of authorship, labour, harm or cultural legitimacy.
Celebrities, Influencers and Promotion is a Monash undergraduate unit worth 6 credit points, offered in Semester 2, 2026, examining stardom, persona, publicity, platforms, branding and synthetic celebrity.
Celebrity is treated as a relation among persona, industry, media circulation and audience attention.
Talent or notoriety may contribute, but analysis asks how public recognisability is organised, interpreted and converted into cultural or economic value.
Stardom provides a historically specific formation. Screen roles, contracts, publicity, fan media and performance conventions create a changing star image.
Contradiction across those sites can make a star more discussable and commercially flexible rather than simply revealing inconsistency.
Persona refers to a mediated public identity across situations and platforms. It is neither pure fiction nor transparent access to the private person.
Close analysis should identify performance and textual signs, then connect them to production, publicity and audience interpretation.
Publicity and celebrity journalism co-produce relevance through access, events, images, narratives and verification. Promotional origin does not automatically make a statement false, while journalistic packaging does not guarantee independence.
Source, access condition and selection remain evidence questions.
Historical comparison locates star making within labour, ownership, distribution and technology. Classical studios coordinated contracts, roles and publicity; contemporary performers may own production while depending on agencies, platforms and audience data.
Comparison should preserve those institutional differences.
Microcelebrity describes practices of strategic intimacy, self-branding and audience maintenance, not merely a small follower count.
Influencer culture makes relational, emotional and analytic labour continuous, while platform ranking and monetisation rules distribute visibility and risk unevenly.
Brand collaboration transfers meaning between persona and product. Fit depends on existing image, audience expectations and the claim being made.
Clear sponsorship disclosure is necessary, but it does not verify product truth, supply-chain responsibility or ethical acceptability.
Promotional visibility creates risk as well as reach. Contradictions, stakeholder scrutiny and misinformation can circulate through the same networks that create value.
Crisis response should be studied as an attempt to repair persona and relationships, not only reputation score.
Celebrity AI makes the production chain more visible and more complicated. Data, models, performers, writers, owners, brands and audiences may contribute to one synthetic persona.
Consent, likeness, labour, attribution, revenue, correction and afterlife require separate analysis.
The current assessment structure totals 100%: weekly Moodle practical worksheets contribute 10%; the Screen Stars Dictionary video essay and exegesis 35%; the celebrity case study 45%; and tutorial preparation and participation 10%.
Task-level Moodle evidence and the official 2026 Handbook support this split.
The weekly work develops close concept application. The video essay and exegesis require audiovisual argument plus scholarly explanation.
The larger case study integrates media evidence, industry context and theory, while participation supports comparative discussion and feedback.
Conflicting outer accordion labels were not used to invent a different assessment map. Current task pages and official category totals control the guide.
Students should verify exact deadlines, media specifications, citation rules, collaboration, use of AI and approved adjustments in the live Monash site.
All supplied cases are original. They do not reproduce current worksheet, video or case-study questions.
Publicly discussed examples may be used to teach analytical mechanisms, but any claim about a living person, contract or current regulation should be tied to responsible current evidence.
A repeatable analysis route is media text or persona → industry or platform → promotional circulation → audience or labour consequence → bounded critical claim.
Each arrow requires evidence; opinion about whether the celebrity is good, real or likeable is not a substitute.
Study through intertextual comparison. Put two texts, periods or platforms beside each other, name the concept that explains the relationship and state what changes. The method turns theory into a tool and prevents biography from taking over the argument.
Worked example · free
Turn one influencer post into a critical case
- 1Bound the post and persona context.
- 1Analyse textual authenticity and brand fit.
- 1Trace commercial and platform conditions.
- 1Check substantiation and audience consequence.
- 1State an alternate reading and limit.
Key terms
- celebrity
- Public visibility organised around a recognisable persona and circulated through media, industries and audience attention.
- stardom
- A historically specific system that turns performers into marketable images across texts, publicity and labour.
- promotional culture
- A social environment in which identities, institutions and everyday communication are increasingly organised through publicity and branding.
- persona
- A mediated public identity performed and interpreted across platforms, genres and social situations.
- star image
- The changing constellation of meanings produced across screen roles, publicity, criticism and audience discourse.
- performance
- Embodied and mediated choices through which voice, gesture, appearance and action produce meaning.
- publicity
- Strategic generation and circulation of attention through media events, materials, access and claims.
- public relations
- Managed relationships and communication between a person or organisation and relevant publics.
- celebrity journalism
- Reporting and commentary that produce celebrity news through access, narrative, image and public-interest claims.
- star system
- Industrial practices for discovering, training, contracting, publicising and monetising performers as stars.
ATS1060 FAQ
How is ATS1060 assessed?
Weekly worksheets 10%, Screen Stars Dictionary video essay/exegesis 35%, celebrity case study 45% and tutorial preparation/participation 10%.
Why ignore the outer accordion labels?
They conflict with the current task-level statements and official category total.
Is persona the same as private identity?
No. Persona is a mediated public identity across texts and situations.
What is microcelebrity?
A practice of strategic intimacy, self-branding and audience maintenance, not a follower threshold.
Does sponsorship disclosure prove a claim is true?
No. Disclosure identifies the material relationship; evidence and ethics still require review.
How should celebrity AI be analysed?
Trace data, labour, ownership, likeness, consent, audience disclosure and remedy.
Are these official assignment prompts?
No. All practice cases are original.
Where are current media and AI rules?
Use the live Monash assessment pages and unit site.
Questions students ask in each ATS1060 chapter
- What is celebrity?
- Public visibility organised around a recognisable persona and circulated through media, industries and audience attention. Chapter 01 · Stardom, Celebrity and Promotional Culture
- What is persona?
- A mediated public identity performed and interpreted across platforms, genres and social situations. Chapter 02 · Persona, Star Image and Screen Performance
- What is publicity?
- Strategic generation and circulation of attention through media events, materials, access and claims. Chapter 03 · Publicity, PR and Celebrity Journalism
- What is star system?
- Industrial practices for discovering, training, contracting, publicising and monetising performers as stars. Chapter 04 · Hollywood Star System and Historical Change
- What is microcelebrity?
- A practice of maintaining an audience through strategic intimacy, self-branding and ongoing visibility work. Chapter 05 · Influencer Culture, Microcelebrity and Platform Labour
- What is brand fit?
- The perceived coherence between a promoter's persona, audience and the meanings or values attached to a brand. Chapter 06 · Brand Collaboration, Visibility and Promotional Risk
- What is synthetic persona?
- A publicly circulated identity substantially generated or controlled through digital and artificial systems. Chapter 07 · Celebrity AI, Synthetic Persona and Critical Case Analysis
How to prepare for the assessments
Use text/persona → industry/platform → promotion → audience/labour → bounded claim, then compare a second text, period or platform.
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