The Celebritization of Human Trafficking

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5741595
AutoresDina Francesca Haynes (autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Volume653
Fascículo1
Páginas25-45
Data de publicação2014-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002716213515837
OpenAlexW2163937455
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas38
Referências citadas15

Human trafficking, and especially sex trafficking, is not only susceptible to alluring and sensational narratives, it also plays into the celebrity-as-rescuer ideal that receives considerable attention from the media, the public, and policy-makers. While some celebrities develop enough expertise to speak with authority on the topic, many others are neither knowledgeable nor accurate in their efforts to champion antitrafficking causes. Prominent policy-makers allow celebrity activists to influence their opinions and even consult with them for advice regarding public policies. Emblematic of larger, fundamental problems with the dominant discourse, funding allocations, and legislation in current antitrafficking initiatives in the United States and elsewhere, celebrity activism is not significantly advancing the eradication of human trafficking and may even be doing harm by diverting attention from aspects of the problem and solution that sorely require attention

Champion · Criminology · Harm · Human rights · Human trafficking · Ideal (ethics) · Legislation · Narrative · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Public Administration · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology