knownness

I think that it's important, when and if one attains any kind of knownness on the Internet

BlogHer - Life Well Said 2010

Moreover - some commenters added, here and elsewhere - since I am semi-well-known for what I do I never know how to talk about this semi-sort-of-little-bit well-knownness.

Archive 2009-03-08 2009

Moreover - some commenters added, here and elsewhere - since I am semi-well-known for what I do I never know how to talk about this semi-sort-of-little-bit well-knownness.

Shame And The Written Mom 2009

Boorstin wrote that the celebrity is "the human pseudo-event ... a person who is known for his well-knownness."

Landon Jones: Celebrities in the Attic 2008

Well-known not for any achievements but only for her well-knownness, she personifies the politics of celebrity.

Vertiginous In New York 2008

If you have never heard of Mr. Manso – and there is just a chance you haven't – you may feel as if you have slipped into a post-Boorstin world in which a person can fail to become well-known for his well-knownness.

It Can't Be Great If Nobody Notices 2008

More than 40 years ago, the historian Daniel Boorstin defined a celebrity as someone well known simply "for his well-knownness."

It Can't Be Great If Nobody Notices 2008

Daniel Boorstin once said that "The celebrity is a person who is well-known for his well-knownness."

Archive 2005-10-01 Richard Nokes 2005

Daniel Boorstin once said that "The celebrity is a person who is well-known for his well-knownness."

Academic Stars vs. Superstars Richard Nokes 2005

This is the book that made famous the quote "A celebrity is a person who is well-known for their well-knownness" and which opens with this clever exchange:

Archive 2005-12-01 KaneCitizen 2005