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The Allure of Celebrities: Unpacking Their Polysemic Consumer Appeal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version.To explain their deep resonance with consumers this paper unpacks the individual constituents of a celebrity’s polysemic appeal. While celebrities are traditionally theorised as
Gould, Stephen J.   +2 more
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Psychological Well-being as a Predictor of Celebrity Worship among College Students in Makassar [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Abstrak. This study aimed at determining the effect of psychological well-being on celebrity worship among the college students who are fans of Korean dramas in Makassar City.
Akmal, Nur   +2 more
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A Family Affair: The Uses and Abuses of Vicarious Identity in Political Rhetoric During the 2024 General Election

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The 2024 UK general election saw candidates make frequent rhetorical references to parents and grandparents. But what are the political functions and implications of such references? Drawing together recent research in political psychology and sociology, this article interprets such references as attempts to articulate ‘vicarious identities ...
Joseph Haigh
wiley   +1 more source

Perilaku Konsumtif Pada Penggemar Boy Group EXO Di Karawang Ditinjau Dari Celebrity Worship

open access: yesJurnal Penelitian Pendidikan, Psikologi dan Kesehatan
Tujuan dilakukannya penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh celebrity worship terhadap perilaku konsumtif di kalangan penggemar boy group EXO di Karawang.
Yunengsih Nuryuliani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

SELLING RELIGIOUS RITUALS IN INDONESIA: Commodification of Umrah Pilgrimage by Travel Agents

open access: yesJournal of Indonesian Islam, 2022
The flourishing lucrative business of Umrah pilgrimage in Indonesia has disrupted pilgrims from the substantial meaning of Umrah as a form of worship.
Dede Nurohman
doaj   +1 more source

’The Book of Stars’: Some Alternative Insights into Celebrity Fandom [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
While consumers have had a keen interest in the works and private lives of celebrities since the dawn of the Hollywood star system in the early 1920s, some consumers experience a significantly more intensive level of interest and admiration for a ...
Whelan, Susan, Wohlfeil, Markus
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PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING ON CELEBRITY WORSHIP LEVELS IN EARLY ADULT KOREAN POP (K-POP) FANS [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Many K-Pop fans in Indonesia, especially early adults, could lead them to celebrity worship. Celebrity worship is the worship that fans do to their idol celebrity. One of the factors that cause celebrity worship behavior is the low level of psychological
Ambarwati, Krismi Diah   +1 more
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‘Vitamins’, shortcuts, and athletic citizenship in Ethiopia and Cameroon: considering sporting ethics beyond biomedicine « Vitamines », courts‐circuits et citoyenneté sportive en Éthiopie et au Cameroun : l’éthique du sport, au‐delà de la biomédecine

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article argues that the current way of thinking about ethics in sport in primarily biomedical terms, and in particular in terms of the presence of particular pharmaceutical substances, fails to account for broader notions of sporting ethics and fairness in the Global South.
Michael Crawley, Uroš Kovač
wiley   +1 more source

Stanning and Stalling: The Mediating Effect of Fear of Missing out in the Association Between Celebrity Worship to Academic Procrastination

open access: yesBulletin of Counseling and Psychotherapy
Many Indonesian teenagers identify themselves as avid fans of Korean pop (K-Pop) idols, displaying remarkable loyalty and dedication to their idols. This deep devotion often manifests as celebrity worship, characterized by a parasocial bond between fans
Moondore Madalina Ali   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The “Modern Martyrdom” of Anglo-Catholics in Victorian England [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The word “martyr” was widely applied in the later nineteenth century to a number of Anglican “ritualist” clergy who had been prosecuted for performing overtly “Catholic” liturgical practices.
Janes, Dominic
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