Posts Tagged "power"

Celebrity Activism

Posted by on Apr 26, 2013 in Critic's Area | 2 comments

Forwarded by Dr Jo Littler at City University, London and Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association: Do you care what celebrities say? Do they influence your behaviour or opinions in any way? I am a PhD student at King’s College London writing a research project on the power of celebrity to influence and govern public behaviour around particular issues. We are looking for volunteers to participate in a survey about celebrity activism and its influence on your understanding. This research will help develop an understanding of the power celebrities may hold to govern the way...

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Maximize Your Dream Path

Posted by on Feb 15, 2013 in Critic's Area | 0 comments

Dear Celebrity Culture Readers, Hope my latest post Bare and Bear? Body and Nudity in Daniel Ploeger’s Lecture and the Screen Actors Guild Awards touched you in new and empowered ways! Maximize power and your innate life force in building your dream path ‘now’ and in every moment to come. Celebrity culture often provides examples of the paradox of extraordinary and ordinary. But how do we address the question of authenticity that such a paradox raises? As I continue to write and speak on this question, I agree with Mary Morrissey’s latest video post above. Although it is a...

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