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Showing 1 to 20 of 187 for “"celebrity"”.
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The Celebrity Scientists
… abstract ideas of truth and reason. The celebrity scientists base their authority on their scientific credentials, achieve public appeal through popularisation, particularly publishing popular science books, and speak in general culture on behalf of science. The subjects, to varying …
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When virtual (vs. human) celebrity voice matters: Interplay between celebrity type and endorsing message – construal level theory
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-03-28 without embargo terms
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Hollywood Forever: Culture, Celebrity, and the Cemetery
… This dissertation looks at the influence of celebrity culture, how shared experience in a unique setting can create a meaningful sense of place, and how the past is appropriated for purposes in the present. In examining the rituals and performances surrounding celebrity fan culture at the …
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#METOO: NETWORKED CELEBRITY ADVOCACY AS CAPITAL PERFORMANCE
<p>Celebrity advocacy scholars have studied how social movements utilize celebrity appeal to attract media and public attention for decades. Some researchers have found that celebrity advocacy failed to achieve exceptional performance in the legacy media age. Moreover, only a very few top-class …
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Illegitimate Celebrity in the British Long Eighteenth Century
… who challenged acceptable strategies for celebrity behavior were often punished by exile, debt, disgrace, and humiliation. Some performers even faced a veritable textual and historical oblivion. Illegitimate Celebrity considers the careers of Dorothy Jordan, William Henry West Betty, …
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A comprehensive framework for understanding celebrity athlete endorsement
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
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The Making and Unmaking of Colette: Myth, Celebrity, Profession
… The third chapter relies on contemporary celebrity theory in order to investigate Colette's own agency in the creation and policing of this durable public image, tracing both ways that Colette maintained her image, and ways that she profited from it, focusing in particular on her eponymous …
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Celebrity humanitarian activism in conflicts: a critical descriptive study
… political power relations, have allowed for celebrity humanitarian activism to develop into a prominent international phenomenon. Academic studies on the topic are still relatively scarce. It is therefore the intention of this dissertation to help fill this gap by providing a descriptive …
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Celebrity and architects. The significance of celebrity in relation to the professional legitimisation of American architects in the 1970s and 1980s: a case study
… of a theoretical discourse concerned with celebrity culture. Within this discourse, celebrity has largely been framed as a negative force in relation to the profession of architecture. This thesis challenges that position by reinvestigating the relationship between architects and the media …
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The commercialisation of the celebrity brand and the exploitation thereof
… little has been written about the confluence of celebrity and the law. Celebrity law, particularly the mercantile element thereof, deserves greater attention. Celebrity's freely use their image to make money - these actions must be governed by an established body of law. The law must assist the …
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Celebrity Diplomacy in the Current Global Economy: A Feminist Perspective
… this dissertation examines the emergence of celebrity diplomats as viable political actors, providing diplomatic services focused on negotiation and humanitarian aid, in current international politics and the global economy. More specifically, this dissertation uses feminist political economy …
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Inventing George Whitefield: Celebrity and the making of a religious icon
<p>This dissertation explores the making of the public image of eighteenth-century Anglican missionary George Whitefield through his use of trans-Atlantic public print networks. Whitefield, who was a consummate self-promoter and publisher of his own work, played a central role in the development of …
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The Effect of Celebrity Gaze-Cueing on Binary Choice Decision Making
… however, it is not well understood how the celebrity and the visual context affect visual attention to and, ultimately, consumer decision making for the endorsed product. Most prior studies have focused on qualitative surveys about brand equity, memory of the advertisement, and self-reported …
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"""America's sweetheart,"" Chris Evert: Celebrity femininity and tennis in postmodern America"
"Chris Evert is one of the most significant cultural figures to emerge in late twentieth century America. Her storied career has produced a ubiquitous image that remains highly visible within culture. As an ""American sweetheart,"" Evert draws her meaning as a sign for national/gendered identity …
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Social Butterflies: How Social Media Influencers are the New Celebrity Endorsement
… Ample research is available on the effects of celebrity endorsements but currently there is a gap in research pertaining to the consumer's perspective towards SMIs and SMIs effects on consumers. The online experiment completed in this thesis addressed how promotion of a product by a SMI affects …
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