UN celebrity ‘It’ girls as public relations-ised humanitarianism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12898804 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Hopkins (0000-0003-1781-2382, University of Southern Queensland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 273-292 |
| Publication date | 2017-08-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Communication Gazette (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-0485 • E-ISSN: 1748-0493 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1748048517727223 |
| OpenAlex | W2749829066 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 24 |
This article combines framing analysis and critical textual analysis in a qualitative investigation of the ways in which popular culture texts, in particular articles in Australian women's magazines, frame transnational celebrity activism. Using three recent case studies of commercial representations of popular female celebrities – Nicole Kidman in Marie Claire (Australia), Angelina Jolie in Vogue (Australia) and Emma Watson in Cleo (Australia) – this study dissects framing devices to reveal the discursive tensions which lie beneath textual constructions of celebrity humanitarianism. Through a focus on United Nations Women's Goodwill Ambassadors, and their exemplary performances of popular humanitarianism, I argue that feminist celebrity activists may inadvertently contradict the cause of global gender equality by operating within the limits of celebrity publicity images and discourses. Moreover, the deployment of celebrity women, who have built their vast wealth and global influence through the commodification of Western ideals of beauty and femininity, betrays an approach to humanitarianism, which is grounded in the intersection of neocolonial global capitalism, liberal feminism and the ethics of competitive individualism
Aesthetics · Art · Beauty · Celebrity culture · Commodification · Femininity · Feminism · Framing (construction · Individualism · Media studies · Political science · Popular culture · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Sex work and related issues
Seven Models of Framing
Making news
Distinction
Critical Race Theory
Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory
Understanding Celebrity
Transnational Feminist Crossings
“Under Western Eyes” Revisited
Not up for debate
The Gender Politics of Celebrity Humanitarianism in Africa
From Street into the World
Transnational celebrity activism in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sexual Violence in the Digital Age
For Skin That's Us, Authentically Us”
Afropessimism
The media and political process
Framing
The Theatricality of Humanitarianism
Celebrity Politicians
Celebrity diplomacy and global citizenship
The promotion and presentation of the self
Paranoid Empire
Under Western Eyes
Immaculate consumption
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |