Katariina Kakko (she/her) is a PhD researcher in the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences at the Tampere University. Katariina is specialized in the interpersonal dimensions of fame and celebrity culture. Her current research focuses on celebrity discourses, celebrification practices and construction of public persona in artist’s interpersonal relationships.
Fame and celebrity culture
Personal publicity management
Public persona
Celebrification and celebrity production in the music industry
Research Areas
Introduction to Interpersonal Communication Perspective on Celebrity (PhD dissertation)
Discursive production of music celebrity: Artist celebrification negotiations in artist’s professional relationships in the Finnish music industry (scientific article)
Recent Projects
PhD student in Communication Studies, Tampere University 2021–
MA in Communication Studies, Tampere University, 2017–2020
BA in Journalism and Communication, Tampere University, 2014–2016
Education
Speaker at the 5th International Celebrity Studies Conference, Amsterdam 2024
Funding from the Finnish Cultural Foundation, 2022–2024
Speaker at 73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference, Toronto 2023
Award from C. V. Åkerlund Foundation, 2020
Academic Merits
