Rhetorical visions of health: a fantasy-theme analysis of celebrity articles

Hinnant, Amanda; Hendrickson, Elizabeth

doi:10.1080/19392397.2012.679459

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“…The group, in the case of this research, is people who attend to celebrity health news. Celebrity health content in magazines has been noted as prominent (Hinnant & Hendrickson, 2012;Kurzman et al, 2007;Mooney et al, 2004), so we targeted readers of celebrity magazines to ensure that our participants had familiarity with celebrity health coverage. Additionally, Giles (2000) reports that magazine readers use the publications for surveillance, interaction and distraction, which supports the play function of this medium's consumption.…”

Section: Symbolic Convergence Theory and Parasocial Considerationsmentioning

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Negotiating Normalcy in Celebrity Health Behavior: A Focus Group Analysis

Hinnant¹,

Hendrickson²

2014

Journal of Magazine Media

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This study explores how celebrity-magazine consumers discuss cognitive, affective, and behavioral responses to celebrity health in a focus group setting. This analysis combines symbolic convergence theory and play theory with parasocial relationship constructs to examine how celebrity health news functions in society. Our research indicates that parasocial interaction with celebrity culture invites role-playing and various emotional reactions to celebrity personae. Findings illustrate how individuals patrol the boundaries of acceptable health behavior by evaluating a celebrity as "normal" or norm-violating. Overall, this research provides an understanding of how individuals adjudicate celebrity health behavior and relate it to their own lives.

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Section: Symbolic Convergence Theory and Parasocial Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Negotiating Normalcy in Celebrity Health Behavior: A Focus Group Analysis

Hinnant¹,

Hendrickson²

2014

Journal of Magazine Media

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Rhetorical Visions of Fulani-Herdsmen Conflict in the Nigerian Press--A Fantasy Theme Analysis

Opeyemi¹,

Kehinde²,

Afolayan³

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There has been a recurrent rate of prevalent and pervasive violent conflicts between herders and farmers in Nigeria. Issues emanating from environmental degradation, and socio-political disorder have shifted pastoralist migratory patterns and increased tensions between farmers and herders. This, however, has influenced conflicts and hostility between farmers and herders, leading to violent clashes, killings, forced displacement, attrition of inter-communal interactions, as well as the annihilation of agricultural and livestock outputs. The Nigerian press, however, has successfully created a shared meaning of the Fulani-herdsmen activities in the country within a particular rhetoric community. These include agents with different characteristics in a similar/different setting, taking several actions, thereby formulating a particular rhetorical vision. The major rhetorical vision established in this paper is conflict and the underlying symbolic reality of peace. This paper examined articles in the Nigerian press as related to Fulani-herdsmen's activities and the fantasy themes embedded in it.

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Rhetorical visions of health: a fantasy-theme analysis of celebrity articles

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Negotiating Normalcy in Celebrity Health Behavior: A Focus Group Analysis

Negotiating Normalcy in Celebrity Health Behavior: A Focus Group Analysis

Rhetorical Visions of Fulani-Herdsmen Conflict in the Nigerian Press--A Fantasy Theme Analysis

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