Mahabintang

Mahabintang,^[1] adibintang,^[2] megabintang,^[3] bintang besar, atau bintang andalan (bahasa Inggris: Superstar) adalah seseorang yang memiliki daya tarik populer yang besar dan dikenal luas, terkemuka, atau berhasil dalam bidangnya. Pesohor yang disebut sebagai "mahabintang" dapat mencakup individu yang bekerja sebagai aktor, pemusik, olahragawan, dan profesi berdasarkan media lainnya.

• Supercouple

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• Koutsobinas, Theodore. The Political Economy of Status: Superstars, Markets, and Culture Change (Edward Elgar Publishing; 2015) 264 pages; on the societal impact of luxury consumption and status markets, and the media's fascination with superstars.
• MacDonald, Glenn M. "The Economics of Rising Stars." American Economic Review 78 (1988): 155–67.
• Rosen, Sherwin. The superstar effect – "The Economics of Superstars", American Economic Review, 71 (1981).
• Salganik, Matthew J., Peter Sheridan Dodds, and Duncan J. Watts. "Experimental Study of Inequality and Unpredictability in an Artificial Cultural Market." Science 311 (2006): 854-56.
• Pattni, Anandi. 'Superstars: People who are good to me' Vanity Fair 157 (2007): 185–89.
• Grinin L., "People of Celebrity" as a New Social Stratum and Elite. In Hierarchy and Power in the History of Civilizations: Cultural Dimensions (pp. 183–206). / Ed. by Leonid E. Grinin and Andrey V. Korotayev. Moscow: KRASAND, 2009 Работы на иностранных языках 2009г (dalam bahasa Rusia). Diakses tanggal 7 Desember 2010.