GEORGE RITZER is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland, where he was named a Distinguished-Scholar Teacher and received the American Sociological Association’s Distinguished Contribution to Teaching Award. His authored works include Sociology: A Multiple Paradigm Science, The McDonaldization of Society: Into the Digital Age, and Enchanting a Disenchanted World. CHRIS ROJEK is Professor of Sociology at City University London. He has published on leisure, culture, celebrity, lifestyle gurus, nationalism, and popular music. His books include Lifestyle Gurus: Constructing Authority and Influence Online and Presumed Intimacy: Parasocial Interaction in Media, Society, and Celebrity Culture. J. MICHAEL RYAN is Professor-Researcher at Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He has held academic positions at leading universities across five continents. He is co-author of The McDonaldization of Society, 11th Edition, Introduction to Sociology, 6th Edition, and COVID-19: Social Inequalities and Human Possibilities. Dr. Ryan is editor and co-editor of multiple volumes, including Core Concepts in Sociology and The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory.

GEORGE RITZER is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland, where he was named a Distinguished-Scholar Teacher and received the American Sociological Association’s Distinguished Contribution to Teaching Award. His authored works include Sociology: A Multiple Paradigm Science, The McDonaldization of Society: Into the Digital Age, and Enchanting a Disenchanted World. CHRIS ROJEK is Professor of Sociology at City University London. He has published on leisure, culture, celebrity, lifestyle gurus, nationalism, and popular music. His books include Lifestyle Gurus: Constructing Authority and Influence Online and Presumed Intimacy: Parasocial Interaction in Media, Society, and Celebrity Culture. J. MICHAEL RYAN is Professor-Researcher at Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He has held academic positions at leading universities across five continents. He is co-author of The McDonaldization of Society, 11th Edition, Introduction to Sociology, 6th Edition, and COVID-19: Social Inequalities and Human Possibilities. Dr. Ryan is editor and co-editor of multiple volumes, including Core Concepts in Sociology and The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory.

GEORGE RITZER is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland, where he was named a Distinguished-Scholar Teacher and received the American Sociological Association’s Distinguished Contribution to Teaching Award. His authored works include Sociology: A Multiple Paradigm Science, The McDonaldization of Society: Into the Digital Age, and Enchanting a Disenchanted World. CHRIS ROJEK is Professor of Sociology at City University London. He has published on leisure, culture, celebrity, lifestyle gurus, nationalism, and popular music. His books include Lifestyle Gurus: Constructing Authority and Influence Online and Presumed Intimacy: Parasocial Interaction in Media, Society, and Celebrity Culture. J. MICHAEL RYAN is Professor-Researcher at Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He has held academic positions at leading universities across five continents. He is co-author of The McDonaldization of Society, 11th Edition, Introduction to Sociology, 6th Edition, and COVID-19: Social Inequalities and Human Possibilities. Dr. Ryan is editor and co-editor of multiple volumes, including Core Concepts in Sociology and The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory.