Hilde van den Bulck

Celebrity Philanthropy and Activism

Mediated Interventions in the Global Public Sphere

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Produktbeschreibung

Combining insights from social policy, celebrity culture, communication science and international politics, this book critically analyses the mediated discourses and debates that celebrity philanthropy and activism provokes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9781138234451
• ISBN-10: 1138234451
• Artikelnr.: 52375839

Autorenporträt

Hilde Van den Bulck (Ph.D.) is full professor of Communication Studies and head of the Media, Policy & Culture research group at the University of Antwerp. She holds an MA in communications from the KULeuven (B), an MA in mass communications from the University of Leicester (UK) and a Ph.D. in social sciences from the KULeuven (B). She combines complementary expertise in media structures and media cultures. For the past ten years, an important part of her research has focused on the cultural significance and societal role of mediated communication from and about celebrities in general and celebrity philanthropy and activism in particular.

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction
Why this book?
Roadmap for the reader of this book
PART 1: CELEBRITY PHILANTHROPY AND ACTIVISM: ORIGINS
CELEBRITY AND THE MEDIA; Chapter 1: Philanthropy and Activism
Introduction
Defining philanthropy and activism
Looking back: the history of philanthropy and activism
Marketisation and corporatisation of philanthropy and activism
Criticism of marketisation and corporatisation
Bibliography; Chapter 2: Celebrity Philanthropy and Activism
Introduction
Conceptualizing Celebrity
Types of celebrity
Celebrity philanthropy and activism
Philanthropy/activism and the celebrity construct
Engaging celebrities: advantages and disadvantages
Bibliography; Chapter 3: Mediated Celebrity Philanthropy and Activism
Mediated communication and the celebrity construct
Celebrity journalism and celebrity news
Covering celebrity philanthropy and activism
Mediated 'stories' of celebrity philanthropy and activism
A look at audiences
Bibliography; PART 2: CELEBRITY PHILANTHROPY AND ACTIVISM IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND DIPLOMACY
DEVELOPMENT AND HUMANITARIANISM; Chapter 4: The White Man's Burden: Celebrity Philanthropy and Activism in World Relations and Development Issues
Introduction
Roots of celebrity engagement in international relations
development and humanitarianism
Humanitarian traditions
marketisation
the west and the rest and celebrity engagement
Celebrities and marketised philanthropy and activism in world relations
Bibliography; Chapter 5: Celebrity Philanthropists as Authoritative Voices: Framing World Relations and Development Issues
Celebrity philanthropic and activist documentaries: a framing analysis
Stories of celebrity philanthropy and activism in world relations; Chapter 6: The White Woman's Burden: Taking Home World Relations
Introduction: The Celebrity-Construct
the Political Persona
and Gender
Taking it home: Marrying 'the Political'
Taking it Home: Celebrity transnational adoptions
Conclusion
Bibliography
Postscript; Index