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Celebrity Influence and Identification: A Test of the Angelina Effect.

Journal of health communication - 1 Jan 2016

Kosenko Kami A, Binder Andrew R, Hurley Ryan

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Angelina Jolie's announcement that she is a BRCA1 carrier and has had a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy was met with widespread support as well as speculation about its possible impact on the public. These speculations were the subject of a Time magazine cover story titled "The Angelina Effect" (Kluger et al., 2013 ). Although there is anecdotal evidence to support this hypothesized Angelina effect, empirical...

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PMID: 26192626
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2015.1064498

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