The “celebrity canary in the coal mine for the coronavirus”: An examination of a theoretical model of celebrity illness disclosure effects

Jessica Gall Myrick and Jessica Fitts Willoughby

Social Science & Medicine, 2021, vol. 279, issue C

Abstract: On March 11, 2020, actor Tom Hanks announced via social media that he had been diagnosed with COVID-19. Previous research has found celebrity illness disclosures to influence behavior, but during the uncertainty of a pandemic, the effects of such a disclosure were unclear.

Keywords: COVID-19; Emotions; Media effects; Celebrities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113963

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