Celebrity activism: An Empirical Study of the Co-operation between Social Movements and Flemish Celebrities.

An analysis of the impact of the growing celebrity activism: the cooperation between organisations that make up civil society and Flemish celebrities. This entails: the impact of celebrity activism on the content and functioning of social movements and the relationships between these organisations and citizens-consumers. A comparative case design is operationalized via multi-methodical data collection and analysis.

Keywords:SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, MEDIA STUDIES, CELEBRITY ACTIVISM, CASE STUDY

Disciplines:Applied sociology, Communication sciences, Journalism and professional writing, Media studies, Other media and communications