SCLG2629 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Audrey Hepburn, Kofi Annan, Bobby Shriver
29 Oct 2018
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Celebrities, consumption and international aid", third world quarterly , 29(4): 711-29. The first un ambassador is danny kaye (comedian) then audrey hepburn. I"m glad i"ve got a name because i"m using it for what it"s worth. It"s like a bonus that my career has given to me. -hepburn. She was the model that many followed eg: angelina jolie, There is an explanation for the production of this social type. Politicians/social movements get their attention from the celebrity"s ability to draw attention- re-direction of attention. Whenever you put a name to a message, you raise awareness far and wide, among policy-makers and among the millions of people who elect them. Having a celebrity or somebody like a paris hilton, and she happened to have liver disease and we could get her as a spokesperson; that would be probably very helpful. We all know what katie couric did for colon cancer.
