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Methods used in the book Celebrity Advocacy and International Development
This page hosts links and documents for people wanting to learn more about the methods I have used in the book Celebrity Advocacy and International Development. If you want to know more about the 2005 Public Connection Research please click … Continue reading
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The Argument and Outline
I have generally found that media coverage of this research seems to gravitate to questions as to whether celebrity advocacy is good or bad, effective or ineffective. I find that frustratingly simplistic. The view that I argue for in Celebrity … Continue reading
Focus Group Research on Celebrity Advocacy
Qualitative methods of audience research, that combine focus groups, interviews or diaries, are a useful way to examine the meaning of some of the numbers generated by quantitative surveys of perceptions of celebrity advocacy and engagement in celebrity media (reported … Continue reading
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Independent Broadcasting Trust Reports and other Media Analyses
The IBT examines the way in which distant others and other countries are portrayed on British television and has produced a series of reports dating back until the early 1990s that form a very useful record of how television coverage … Continue reading
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A survey of public responses to celebrity advocacy
In collaboration with the UK Public Opinion Monitor (UK POM) run by the IDS, I have conducted a short survey (designed with Spencer Henson and Johanna Lindstrom) of public responses to celebrity advocacy. Just over 2,000 people took part in … Continue reading
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First Paper Available for Comment and Consultation
I have now written the first paper from this fellowship. It provides some insights into how the relationships between NGOs and the celebrity industry are forged and maintained and is based on a large number of interview conducted largely over … Continue reading
Earlier Writings About Celebrity
For a complete list of publications, and links to PDFs, please click here. This page just contains writings about celebrity. Books and Chapters: Celebrity and the Environment. Fame, Wealth and Power in Conservation. ZedBooks, London, 2009. Celebrity and the Environment was the subject … Continue reading
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Tackling Global Problems with Brand Aid
When you are trying to change the world for the better it can help to distinguish between the more immediate causes of the problem you are tackling and the larger structural ones. More immediate causes of poverty, ill health and … Continue reading
Public Perceptions of Development and Andrew Darnton’s Reports
One of the key issues for understanding the work of celebrity in development is to understand what different groups of people perceive development to be and how they perceive its needs are best dealt with. A large number of countries … Continue reading
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Responses to Celebrity Activism
On Sunday Feb 6th Radio 4 broadcast a programme exploring into the work of celebrity activists and whether they were really good for their causes. There was a lot of material in it, and more in the news coverage that … Continue reading
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