Celebrity Influence Politics, Persuasion, and Issue-Based Advocacy |
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| Author:
| Mark Harvey, Mark |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7006-2498-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2018 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Kansas
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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Despite their lack of public policy experience, celebrity activists have saturated media, appealing on behalf of the oppressed and advocating policy change--or in one case, leading the birther movement all the way to the White House. Do celebrities have some unique source of power that allows them to affect public opinion and influence policy outcomes?
Despite their lack of public policy experience, celebrity activists have saturated media, appealing on behalf of the oppressed and advocating policy change--or in one case, leading the birther movement all the way to the White House. Do celebrities have some unique source of power that allows them to affect public opinion and influence policy outcomes?