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<p>The article discusses the celebrity humanitarian as media construction. Departing from a discussion of celebrification, the article argues that celebrities in public roles outside the field of entertainment are inevitably framed by and structured in accordance with celebrity logic. The article discusses how celebrity humanitarianism is a contested field, which, in order for a particular activity to support the celebrity persona, relies heavily on strategies of authentification. Finally, the article shows how information about a photograph of Angelina Jolie from her trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo in March 2013 is <italic>transformed</italic> and <italic>translated into gossip</italic> about the star’s private life when discussed by users on a celebrity site.</p>
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The article discusses the celebrity humanitarian as media construction. Departing from a discussion of celebrification, the article argues that celebrities in public roles outside the field of entertainment are inevitably framed by and structured in accordance with celebrity logic. The article discusses how celebrity humanitarianism is a contested field, which, in order for a particular activity to support the celebrity persona, relies heavily on strategies of authentification. Finally, the article shows how information about a photograph of Angelina Jolie from her trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo in March 2013 is transformed and translated into gossip about the star’s private life when discussed by users on a celebrity site.

Celebrification, Authenticity, Gossip: The Celebrity Humanitarian

Nordicom Review

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The article discusses the celebrity humanitarian as media construction. Departing from a discussion of celebrification, the article argues that celebrities in...

Celebrification, Authenticity, Gossip: The Celebrity Humanitarian

Published Online: Mar 13, 2020

Page range: 171 - 186

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2014-0111

Keywords
celebrification, celebrity humanitarianism, authenticity, gossip, Angelina Jolie

© 2014 Anne Jerslev, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Celebrification, Authenticity, Gossip: The Celebrity Humanitarian

Published Online: Mar 13, 2020

Page range: 171 - 186

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2014-0111

Keywordscelebrification, celebrity humanitarianism, authenticity, gossip, Angelina Jolie

© 2014 Anne Jerslev, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
celebrification, celebrity humanitarianism, authenticity, gossip, Angelina Jolie